90 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



ARGIOPINJE 



Argiope is found in the warmer parts of the world, less frequently 

 in the temperate. Three (aurantia and the two mentioned here) of the 

 eight American species are wide ranging but the others are more re- 

 stricted. A. argentata (Fabricins) is said to be found from southern 

 United States to Patagonia, including all the islands. Among the latter 

 are St. Vincent, Martinique, Culebra, Porto Eico (San Juan, Utuado 

 and Aguadilla), Santo Domingo and Isle of Pines. We also have it 

 from several stations in Jamaica. A. trifasciata (Forskal) is almost cos- 

 mopolitan. Combining the records of Banks (fastuosa Olivier) and our 

 captures, it is safe to say that it is found throughout Cuba and Banks 

 had it from San Juan, Porto Eico, but I know of no other definite rec- 

 ords from the Antilles. We have a number of undetermined specimens 

 of the genus from Mona, Desecheo and Porto Eico (San Juan and 

 Arecibo) which may be one, or both, of these species. 



Gea is known from West Africa, tropical Asia, East Indies, Polynesia, 

 Australia and, b}^ two species, America. One of these is reported only 

 from Mexico. The other, heptagon (Hentz) has been found in f south- 

 eastern United States as far north as the District of Columbia, in Guate- 

 mala, Brazil and Cuba (Havana). We took it in Cuba at Piiiar del Eio 

 and Bahos San Vincente. 



Cyrtophora is found throughout the tropical and subtropical world. 

 It has three species in northern South America; one in California; and 

 one, sellata Simon, in Santo Domingo. 



Cyclosa has a world-wide distribution. C. caroli (Hentz) is found 

 from southern United States (f Alabama) to Venezuela; also in St. Vin- 

 cent and at Havana, Cuba. C. oculata (Walckenser) was described from 

 Europe (France and Italy) but Simon says it is probably of American 

 origin and introduced to Europe where it is rare and localized. The 

 American localities given by him are Venezuela and '^ Antilles.'^ It would 

 be interesting to know which of the Antilles are concerned and how 

 abundant and widespread the species is in this hemisphere. The re- 

 corded distribution of C. icalckenceri (Cambridge) is California, Mexico 

 to f Colombia, Brazil, Cuba (Santiago de las Vegas) and Haiti. We 

 took it in Cuba also at Cerro de Cabras near Pihar del Eio. 



Edricus is an American genus with a range from Mexico to Peru and 

 Brazil. We took crassicauda (Keyserling) in the mountains about mid- 

 way between Arecibo and Utuado, Porto Eico. This species is found on 

 the mainland from Mexico to f Colombia. 



Mangora has a wide distribution but has not been reported f]'om 

 Africa, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands or .Vu^tralia. Xeither has it 



