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Second patella and tibia, 1.7 mm; third, 1.0 mm; fourth, 2.5 mm. 
Records. Panama : Barro Colorado Isl.; Forest Reserve; Chilibre ; 
Fort Davis; Arraijan; Summit; Fort Randolph; Fort Sherman; 
Madden Dam; (A. M. Chickering). Las Sabanas (N. Banks). 
Venezuela. Merida : Timotes (SMF) . Ecuador. Tungurahua, 2200 
m (W. C. Macintyre). Peru. J.unin: Maraynioc (Keyserling coll., 
BMNH). British Guiana. Rupununi Riv., near Mt. Makarapan 
(W. G. Hassler, AMNH). Brazil. Minas Gerais : Vicosa (Ham- 
bleton, AMNH). Guanabara: Sumare, Rio de Janeiro (sev. coll.). 
Est. Rio de Janeiro : Teresopolis (H. Sick, AMNH); Petropolis 
(H. Sick, AMNH). Sao Paulo: Cidade Sao Paulo (sev. Coll.) ; 
Guapituba (N. L. H. Krauss, AMNH) ; ltu (A. M. Nadler, 
AMNH). Parana: Rolandia (A. Mailer, AMNH). Santa Catari- 
na: Pinhal (A. Mailer, AMNH); Nova Teutonia, lat 27 0 n' S, 
52 0 23' W (F. Plaumann, SMF). Paraguay. Territ. Fonciere 
(E. Reimoser). Alto Parana: Hernandarias, 25 0 S; 55 0 W (C. J. 
D. Brown). 
Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline) 
Figures 22-24 
Thwaitesia adamantifera Keyserling, 1884, Die Spinnen Amerikas, Theri- 
diidae, 2(1): 164. In part from Soriano, Peru, not T. affinis O. P.- 
Cambridge. 
Topo bracteatus Exline, 1950, Studies Honoring Trevor Kincaid, 1950: 
114, pi. 1, figs. 1, 6, pi. 2, fig. 15, $. Female holotype from junction of 
Pastaza and Topo Rivers, Province Napo, Ecuador, in the Museum 
of Comparative Zoology, examined. 
Description. Carapace, sternum, legs yellowish. Abdomen yel- 
lowish with silvery spots on dorsal portion. Anterior median eyes 
slightly larger than others. Anterior median eyes two-thirds their 
diameter apart, almost touching laterals. Posterior median eyes al- 
most one diameter apart, their radius from laterals. The eyes of the 
male slightly smaller than those of female. Total length of female, 
from Peru, 4.3 mm. Carapace 1.7 mm long, 1.3 mm wide. First 
femur, 3.2 mm; patella and tibia, 3.4 mm; metatarsus, 3.7 mm; 
tarsus, 0.8 mm. Third patella and tibia, 1.3 mm. Total length of 
male, 2.9 mm. Carapace, 1.4 mm long, 1.2 mm wide. First femur, 
Figs. 14-19. Thwaitesia affitiis O. P. -Cambridge. 14. Male. 15. Female. 
16,17. Left palpus. 18. Female genitalia, dorsal view. 19. Epigynum. 
Figs. 20, 21. T. simoni (Keyserling). 20. Epigynum, cleared. 21. Epigy- 
num. 
Figs. 22-24. T. bracteata (Exline). 22. Epigynum, cleared. 23. Epigy- 
num. 24. Palpus. 
Figs. 25-26. T. splendida Keyserling. 25. Epigynum, cleared. 26. Epigy- 
num. 
