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flats of Mona. In the United States it lives in crevices of walls, espe- 

 cially those of buildings. 



FlLISTATID^ 



This family also has but a single genus. Filistata. It is fonnd in 

 the Atlantic islands. Mediterranean region, Africa, central Asia, Philip- 

 pines and Australia. In America one species is reported from the 

 Galapagos Islands, one in Pern, one in Guatemala, one in Mexico, and a 

 fifth, liihernaUs Hentz, from -f southern United States south to Brazil, 

 Paraguay and Argentina. This species is known also from Bermuda: 

 Jamaica : Havana. Santiago de las Vegas, and Cayamas. Cuba : Isle of 

 Pines : San Juan, Porto Eico : and St. Vincent. AVe took it at Banos San 

 Vincente, Cuba. It lives about houses and under stones.^ 



The families of true spiders thus far considered are provided with 

 cribellum and calamistrum. Those which follow lack these structures. 



SiCAEIID-i: 



This family is also called Scytodida*. The six genera are so distinct 

 that Simon considers each to be a separate subfamily. 



Drjonusa has but two species. One is known only from Cape of Good 

 Hope and the other, nuhila Simon is recorded only from St. Vincent. 

 We foimd it fairly abundant under bits of wood and stone on ]N[ona. 

 _ Scytodes is distributed throughout most of the world including Mada- 

 gascar and Polynesia but apparently not Australia. Some of the species, 

 normally living under stones and logs, have taken to living about build- 

 ings and have probably been transported by man. S. hajiila Simon is 

 recorded from Mexico: + Venezuela: Havana, Cuba; and St. Vincent. 5. 

 fusca TValckenger has been reported from Bermuda: Mexico to f Guiana 

 and Brazil : Havana and Santiago de las Vegas. Cuba : Haiti : a cave 

 near Pueblo Viejo, Porto Eico: and St. Vincent. We found it under 

 fallen leaves in a mangrove swamp near Cabanas. Cuba, and under bits 

 of wood on the coastal plains of Mona. S. Uneatipes Taczanowski is 

 known from Mexico, f northern South America and St. Vincent. We took 

 it in weedy vacant lots at Santiago, Cuba, where it had probably been 

 brought by commerce. .?. Jongipes Lucas is found on Bermuda: Baha- 

 mas: + Mexico to Brazil and Parasniav: Havana and Santias:o de las- 



* Since -wriring the above I have heard from Mr. Banks that he has seen F. insignis 

 Cambridge from Santiago de Cuba. Cuba. This is the species referred to above as being 

 confined to Guatemala. It is not included in the discussion at the end of this paper. 



