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with white, all except the anterior medians on low tubercles. Legs 
orange-yellow, paler below, with a well-defined prolateral black band 
from coxa to tibia on legs III and IV, and with fainter brown 
retrolateral bands. Width of the ocular quadrangle nearly twice the 
length. Abdomen diffuse reddish-brown, without definite markings; 
dorsum without scales ; venter pale. 
Tibia of palpus about as wide as long; lateral apophysis recumbent 
on the tibia (Figs. 5-7) ; ventral apophysis constricted at base, rounded 
apically (Fig. 17). Embolus about half the length of the tegulum, 
nearly straight, and with an angular projection on the prolateral side 
near its base. 
Female. Unknown. Bryant’s (1933) allotype female of montanus 
from the Black Mountains of North Carolina matches southern 
females of satullus in size, shape, color and in the epigynum, and is 
therefore believed to be of that species. Gertsch (1934) also included 
a female in his type vial from Lake City, Florida, although this was 
not included in his description of mediocris, and no characters were 
found for separation of this female from females of satullus. Further 
work is needed before the female of montanus can be properly diag- 
nosed. 
Range. Southeastern United States. 
Florida Localities. Lake City; Gainesville. 
Comments. P. montanus is very similar to the more widespread 
species P. satullus , but males of the two can be separated by the less 
convex carapace, the unusual embolus, and the recumbent lateral 
apophysis of the palpal tibia in montanus (compare Figs. 1, 16 with 
5-7, 17). These species are apparently sympatric, males of satullus 
having been collected as far south as Georgia. The types of the south- 
eastern species P. inaequipes Banks (1900), two females from Wash- 
ington, D. C., appear also to be specimens of satullus, as they match 
females of the latter species in detail, but there remains the possibility 
that they are instead the females of P. montanus. The only description 
of the male of inaequipes (Bryant, 1933) definitely refers to satullus. 
The synonymizing of montanus and mediocris is based on a com- 
parison of the type males of both species. The type of montanus is in 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and of mediocris in the Ameri- 
can Museum of Natural History, New York. The cotypes of 
inaequipes are also in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
P. montanus is one of four forms that comprise a distinct series. 
In common with satullus, floridensis, and bilineatus it has a conspicu- 
ously wide ocular quadrangle and black-banded legs. The posterior 
