ARGYROEPEIRA FIBULATA. Thor. 
1S92, Argyroep€irafibulata^ll\\f^T, Nova Species Arancarum, p. 1 6, 
Description of Plate 53 ? — spider^ mag. ; ^, natural size ; ^, profile ; cepbalo- 
thorax, underside \ eyes ; epigyne. 
Total length, 2^ \ cepha loth o rax, nearly i ; breadth, about ^ ; breadth in front, 
almost y^. ; abdomen, 2^ ; breadth, almost 2 mitlim. Leg, i, — 6 \ ii. — less than 5 ; iii. — 
about ; iv.— almost 4 millini. Patella + tibia, iv. — about i millim. (Thoreli.) 
This handsome spider, of which I found two specimens, constructs a circular horizon- 
tal snare about 4 inches in diameter, and sits in centre on lower side. 
Rays 40. 
Inner spiral, ... 7 turns. 
Free zone, ... ... >^ inch. 
Outer spiral, ... ... 25 in No. i web. 
do. ... 36 in No. 2 do. 
Spider can easily be known by the fibula-like white marking on the lower side of the 
abdomen in front of the spinnarets. 
Type in my collection. 
