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of both male and female. As the first coxa of the male 
has a hook, it cannot be placed in the genus Metepeira 
F.O.P.-Camb. 
The epigynum agrees fairly well with the figure of 
A ran e a cletrimentosa (O.P.-Camb.) This species was 
described from both male and female but F.O.P. -Cam- 
bridge evidently decided that they were not of the 
same species and placed the male with Epeira nigrohu- 
meralis O.P.-Camb. 2 and never placed the female 
originally described under the name detriment os a. The 
male of A. detriment osa has one long bristle on the tibia 
and another from the patella of the palpus and the parts 
of the palpus are quite unlike those of A. vesta. 
Genus Eriophora Simon 1864 
Eriophora edax (O.P.-Camb.) 
Figure 7 
Epeira edax O.P. -Cambridge, 1863, p. 30. “A 2 Pio 
de Janeiro, Brazil.” 
The specimen of Eriophora edax from Acapulco has 
a distinct tubercle above the spinnerets and the shoulder 
angles are slightly developed, both characters unlike the 
common Eriophora halaustina (McCook), found in 
Florida and Cuba. The abdomen is about 8.0 mm. long 
and the scape is 4.0 mm. The base is heavily cliitinized 
and the tip extends beyond the base of the spinnerets. 
The species has been reported from various parts of 
Central America and from Puerto Pico. 
Genus Neosconella F.O.P. -Cambridge 1903 
Neosconella lineatipes (O.P.-Camb.) 
Epeira lineatipes O.P. -Cambridge, 1889, p. 30, pi. 7, 
figs. 17, 18. “2 c? Guatemala ; road between Retalliulen 
and Mazatenango, Santa Ana, Guatemala City.” 
Epeira lineatipes Keyserling, 1892, p. 190, pi. 9, fig. 
141. 
Neosconella lineatipes F.O.P. -Cambridge, 1902, p. 476, 
pi. 45, figs. 5, 6. 
This species is a little smaller than the one described 
