LITZ, Ll^T OF GREATER ANTILLEAN Sl'IDERS 85 



and Soiitli America" but also from Bermuda. Finally, volatile Keyser- 

 ling is recorded from Florida, f Venezuela and (immature specimen) 

 Culebra Island. Porto Eico/' 



Theridula is found in the ^Mediterranean region, Africa. Aladagascar, 

 tropical and eastern Asia, Japan, Philippines and in America from Lab- 

 rador {opulenta in our collection) to Peru and Brazil. Simon gives the 

 distribution of opulenta Hentz as the Mediterranean region, western 

 Africa and the Transvaal, Madagascar, Ceylon, the Antilles and North 

 America. It was described from Georgia. There are a number of 

 synonyms which extend its distribution to Peru and complicate matters. 

 B?nks reported it, under the name of triangularis Keyserling from Caya- 

 mas, Cuba, and from Haiti. He also reported splian'ula (Hentz), prob- 

 ably another synonym, from Haiti. He identified the specimens which 

 we took in Cuba at Cabanas, Cerro cle Cabras (near Pinar del Rio), 

 Baiios San Yincente, and Guane as triangularis, and others which we took 

 at Cerro de Cabras as quad ri pun data Keyserling. This latter is prob- 

 ably also a synonym. Aj)parently there are no other records for the 

 Greater Antilles. 



Latrodectus is found throughout most of the tropical and sul:)tropieal 

 world, including Madagascar and Australia. The species tend to have 

 bright red markings and "have been notorious in all ages and in all re- 

 gions of the world where they occur on account of the reputed deadly 

 nature of their bite'^ (Cambridge). L. mactans (Fabricius) extends out- 

 side even the subtropics, being found from New York to Tierra del Fuego. 

 Cambridge (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, April, 1902, p. 253) points out that 

 it is hardh" separable from tredecim-guttatus, which is found in the 

 Canaries, Madeira and the Mediterranean region. The only "West Indian 

 record is by Banks at Ma3'aguez, Porto Rico and Cockerell in Jamaica. 

 We took it at Cabanas and Baiios San Yincente in Cuba. L. geometric us 

 C. Koch is found in Cape Yerde Islands, Africa, Madagascar, India, Aus- 

 tralia, Bermuda and tropical South America, the type locality being Co- 

 lombia. The only West Indian records I have seen are Santiago de las 

 Yegas and Havana, Cuba. 



Petrunkevitch gives the distribution of Teutana grossa (C. Koch) as 

 "Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, West Indies, Brazil, L^ruguay, Chile, 

 Argentina, Is. Juan Fernandez, (Europe, Africa)." I can find no au- 

 thority for the West Indies and belie\'e that he mistranslated Simon's 



<= Since writing the above I liave tieard from INIr. Banks that he has seen TlierUUon 

 inlerruptioH Banks and T. nifipes Lucas from Havana. Cuba. The former is known 

 elsewhere only in Florida, but the latter is a cosmotropical species. The}' are not in 

 eluded in the discussion at the end of this paper. 



