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The bite of the Species of spider is accounted very poisonous 
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391 Aranea Taken 5th April on a small Pine Bush in the Oak 
Woods of Burke County. Beneath the abdomen is black with 
two transverse red Bars, Rare [juv. cf ] 
396 Aranea Taken 30th June in a Dirt daubers Nest, very Rare 
[juv. d 1 ]” 
Walckenaer’s names for Abbot’s figures and their probable dis- 
position are: 
Fig. 191 Latrodectus formidabilis Walckenaer, 1838, p. 647 [= L. 
variolus\ ; Fig. 194 Latrodectus variolas Walckenaer, 1838, p. 648; 
Fig. 195 Latrodectus perfidus Walckenaer, 1838, p. 647 [= L. 
mactans\ \ Fig. 391 Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer, 1838, p. 648; 
Fig. 396 Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer, 1838, p. 648. 
Description of female from Torreya State Park, Liberty County, 
Florida: Carapace brownish black. Sternum, legs, abdomen, black. 
Dorsum often with a median longitudinal row of red spots. Venter 
with two transverse red bars (Fig. 27). Total length 11 mm. Cara- 
pace 4.2 mm long, 3.8 mm wide. First femur, 8.0 mm; patella and 
tibia, 9.8 mm; metatarsus, 8.3 mm; tarsus, 2.5 mm. Second patella 
and tibia, 5.0 mm; third, 4.2 mm; fourth, 7.3 mm. 
Male from Torreya State Park: Carapace brown. Sternum dark 
brown. Legs: coxae dark brown; proximal portion of first femora, 
brown ; patellae brown ; other parts orange, except brown at distal 
ends of tibiae. Abdomen black, dorsum variable with two to three 
red spots in a median longitudinal line; sometimes orange lines going 
down sides from spots, and a line above spinnerets. Venter with 
two red transverse bars. Total length 6.7 mm. Carapace 2.7 mm 
long, 2.1 mm wide. First femur, 6.5 mm; patella and tibia, 7.6 mm; 
metatarsus, 7.3 mm; tarsus, 2.1 mm. Second patella and tibia, 4.2 
mm; third, 2.7 mm; fourth, 5.9 mm. 
Female from Dover, Massachusetts: Color as in Florida female. 
Abdominal dorsum with a median row of three to four spots above 
spinnerets. Lines on sides of spots. Venter with two transverse marks 
that, like the spots, were probably red in the live animal. Total length 
9.2 mm. Carapace 3.2 mm long, 3.4 mm wide. First femur, 5.9 mm; 
patella and tibia, 6.0 mm; metatarsus, 5.5 mm; tarsus, 1.8 mm. Sec- 
ond patella and tibia, 3.9 mm; third, 2.6 mm; fourth, 5.2 mm. 
Male from Vermont: Carapace, sternum and legs, brown. Abdomen 
black with four dorsal spots in a longitudinal median row and some 
spots on sides. Venter with two transverse marks probably red in 
