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Psyche 
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9 b. 
ioa. 
iob. 
1 1 a. 
i ib. 
12a. 
12b. 
13a. 
13b. 
14a. 
14b. 
15a. 
15b. 
Abdomen subtriangular, pointed behind 10 
Females 1 1 
Males 14 
Epigynum with small median depression, its width less than 
radius of seminal receptacle (Fig. 32) ; Est. Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil niteroi 
Width of depression equal to shorter seminal receptacle dia- 
meter 12 
Depression bordered only anterior (Fig. 25) ; duct with only 
one loop (Fig. 24) ; Veracruz, Mexico proximus 
Depression bordered all around, or only on posterior (1954, 
bgs. 34 , 36) 13 
Dorsum of abdomen white with black spots; duct diameter 
near openings wider than duct near seminal receptacle (1954, 
fig- 35) >’ Veracruz, Mexico to Costa Rica goodnightorum 
Dorsum of abdomen purplish, duct diameter of equal width 
(1954, fig. 37) ; Florida, Mexico to Ecuador silvaticus 
Cymbium outline subcircular in ventral view; embolus filament 
(except for tip) not supported by radix (1954, fig. 9) ; Vera- 
cruz, Mexico to Costa Rica goodnightorum 
Cymbium otherwise; at least distal third of embolus supported 
by radix 15 
Embolus long (1954, figs. 13, 14) ; Florida, Mexico to Ecuador 
silvaticus 
Embolus short (Fig. 23) ; Lesser Antilles valmonti 
Chrosiothes jocosus (Gertsch and Davis), n. comb. 
Map 1 
Dipoena jocosa Gertsch and Davis, 1936, Araer. Mus. Novitates, 881: 7, 
fig. 20, $. Male holotype from Austin, Texas in the American Museum 
of Natural History. 
Theridiotis jocosa, — Levi, 1954, Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc., 73: 180, figs. 
1-5, 10, 19, 26, 27, $, $. 
Distribution. Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico. 
Chrosiothes minusculus (Gertsch), n. comb. 
Map 1 
Episinus minusculus Gertsch, 1936, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 852: 9, fig. 9, $. 
Male holotype from five miles south of San Juan, Hidalgo County, 
Texas in the American Museum of Natural History. 
Theridiotis minuscula, — Levi, 1954, ibid. 73: 182, figs. 11, 16-18, 21, 28-29, 
9 , 8 . 
Distribution. Southern Texas; Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, 
Mexico. 
