1968] 
Chickering — Genus Triaeris 
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Figures 14-18. Triaeris stenaspis Simon. Fig. 14. Carapace of female; 
right lateral view. Fig. 15. Eyes from above; from female on loan from 
the British Muesum (Nat. Hist.). Figs. 16-18. Female abdomen; dorsal, 
right lateral and ventral views, respectively. 
in order of length; first patellae not elongated as in T. stenaspis 
Simon ; few true spines on legs and palps. Abdomen : elongate ovoid ; 
with dorsal, epigastric and ventral scuta as shown in Figures 1 1 - 1 3 ; 
with many short hairs; spinnerets somewhat extended. Color in 
alcohol : carapace and sternum yellowish brown with consider- 
able black pigment in ocular area; legs and mouth parts somewhat 
lighter with variations; abdomen coarsely and irregularly reticu- 
lated more clearly than in male ; abdominal scuta basically 
colored like carapace and sternum but altered by reticulations show- 
ing through from within ; regions not covered by scuta show purplish 
reticulations not seen in other specimens in the genus except in 
males of this species where they show only faintly. 
Records. The single individual here regarded as the female of 
this species was taken on Nevis, B. W. I., September, 1966. 
