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Fig. la. Eriophora fuliginea feeding on a bat. On the left are two web 
parasites belonging to the genus Argyrodes (Theridiidae) . Photograph 
taken in the Panama Canal Zone by Dr. R. Akre. 
Museum, Leiden, Dr. M. Moritz, Zoologisches Museum der 
Humboldt Universitat, Berlin, Prof. R. D. Schiapelli and Mrs. 
B. G. dePikelin, of the Museo Argentino de 'Ciencias Naturales, 
Buenos Aires, Mr. D. Bixler and Dr. R. E. Leech. This investiga- 
tion was supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant 
AI-01944 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases, and published with a grant from the Museum of Com- 
parative Zoology. 
At present I consider Parawixia a synoym of Eriophora. H ow- 
ever, the species customarily included in Parawixia are not included 
in this paper. They are much less common and most are South 
American, the most northern ones coming from Mexico. Collections 
from these areas have not been sufficiently sorted and few specimens 
are available. The publication of this paper is necessitated by the 
immediate need for names and means of identification of these 
common species. 
