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tains but two other genera, one of which is best represented in Brazil 

 and Ecuador but extends to Mexico and the other is confined to tropical 

 western Africa. 



Corythalia is a fairly large tropical American genus. Two species, 

 major (Simon) and seUata (Simon), are mentioned in Simon's •'Histoire 

 Xaturelle des Araignees,*' II. pages 655 and 649, in such a way that 

 Petrunkevitch was led to credit them to the West Indies, and, while this 

 seems to me questionable. I can find no more definite reference. C. 

 metaUka (Peckham) is reported only from St. Vincent. Although it 

 does not properly come within the scope of tliis paper, it is worth men- 

 tioning that we have it from Dominica. C. eJegantissima (Simon) is 

 known only from Santo Domingo, and Jocuples (Simon) from both parts 

 of Hispaniola. 



Stoidis is also an American genus. It contains but two species at 

 present but specimens taken by us in Cuba were marked by Mr. Peckliam 

 as new species. 5. aiirata (Hentz) is known from f South Carolina and 

 Florida. ]Mr. Banks has informed me that he has seen it from Havana, 

 Cuba. 5. piigmcpa (Peckham) is reported only from St. A'incent but 

 we took it in an epiphyte, TiUandsia uiricidata. on Mona. 



These two genera. Con/thalia and Stoidis, are the only American rep- 

 resentatives of Simon's Zenodoreie. The other four genera are from 

 Australia and the Pacific Islands. 



The Cohors Dendryphantes of Petrunkevitch includes, in addition to 

 some unplaced species which should probably be put in the genus 

 Dendryphantes. the following genera: Metaphidippus, Paraphidippus, 

 Parncenus and Phidippus. Although this cohors is in large part the 

 genus Dendri/phantes Koch as construed by Simon it is not ver\- satis- 

 factoiy for a study of distribution. The following list is arranged ac- 

 cording to Petrunkevitch. 



Dendryphantes armatus Banks (omitted by Petrunkevitch) was de- 

 scribed from Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, and has not been reported 

 since. 



D. (Phidippus) audax (Hentz) is known from Canada, throughout 

 the United State- anil fr«:im Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. 



D. (Paraphidippus) aurantius (Lucas? is found from southern 

 United States to Costa Rica and in Santo Domingo. 



D. (Metaphidippiis) capitatus (Hentz). Canada to ^lexico and 

 Santiago de las Vegas. Cuba (in Banks's list under name of octavus 

 Hentz ) . 



Dendryphantes mendicus (C. Koch) is credited to ''West Indies'' 

 but no definite data is siven. 



