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TETRAGNA THIN^ 



Cyatholipus is a genus erected by Simon to contain two of liis species 

 irom southern Africa and one, dent i pes Simon, from Jamaica. It is so 

 distinct that Simon considers it to be the representative of a special group 

 of the subfamily. 



Tetragnatha is an almost cosmopolitan genus. The laiown distribu- 

 tion of antillana Simon is Mexico, Central America, Porto Rico (Lares), 

 and St. Vincent. T. elongata Walcken.'^r may be found in the Greater 

 Antilles as. although it is a species of Canada and United States, Walche- 

 nser has recorded it from Guadeloupe. It occurs near streanxs and 

 usualh' hangs its web partly, at least, over the water. T. Jaboriosa Heutz 

 has been recorded from Alaska, much of the United States and Porto 

 Rico (Utuado). Mr. Banks writes me that he has seen a specimen from 

 Havana. T. piscatoria Simon has been reported only from St. Vincent 

 but we found it in Porto Rico at an altitude of about 500 meters on 

 El Duque and also near Arecibo. T. vicina Simon is recorded from f St. 

 Vincent and Porto Rico (San Juan). Banks records the genus from 

 Haiti on the basis of immature specimens and we have a number of siicb. 

 specimens from the edge of a mangrove swamp near Cabanas, Cuba. 

 See also the discussion of Eugnatha. 



Eugnatha is probably not more than a subgenus of Tetragnatha but, 

 following Banks and Petrunkevitch, it will be separately considered. 

 There is one species apparently confined to Mexico and one to northern 

 United States. E. pallescens (F. Cambridge) is recorded from fNew 

 York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Mexico and Cuba (San- 

 tiago de las Vegas and Havana). E. gracilis Cambridge is recorded 

 from Mexico, f Guatemala and Bayamon, Porto Rico. We found it at 

 Naguaba, San Juan and ^Mayaguez in Porto Rico and at Baiios San Vin- 

 cente in Cuba. 



Meta, as construed by Simon and others, is a fairly large and almost 

 cosmopolitan genus. As is pointed out below, Mr. Banks considers 

 bigihhosa (Ke^^serling) to be a Leucaiu/e and he expressed his further 

 opinion that Mcta does not occur in the tropics of America at least. 



Alcimosphenus has two species : bifurcatus Petrunkevitch from 

 Jamaica; and licinus Simon. The latter is recorded from St. Vincent; 

 Adjuntas, Porto Rico; Haiti and f Santo Domingo: Santiago de las 

 Vegas, Cuba; and f Jamaica. We found it in Cuba at Cerro de Cabras 

 and Banos San Vincente. 



Leucauge, more widely knowm as Argyro'epeira, is a large genus which 

 is generally distributed in the warmer parts of the world. L. argyra 



