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Levi — • Genus Eriophora 
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might be the lost type, and that L. Koch received the specimens from 
the elder Koch. The one from Cuba is Eriophora edax. McCook 
(1893) first suggested that balaustina might be ravilla of C. L. 
Koch. 
Description. Female from Florida. Carapace red-brown with 
white hairs. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum and coxae red-brown. 
Legs red-brown with femora darker and with white hairs and white 
setae. Dorsum of abdomen dark gray to black. Venter with a tri- 
angular black mark on gray with some white pigment surrounding 
it between epigynum and spinnerets. The triangular mark is pointed 
posteriorly. Anterior median eyes largest, posterior medians 0.6 
diameters of anterior medians, laterals radius of anterior medians. 
Anterior median eyes one diameter apart, posterior medians two- 
thirds diameters apart. Abdomen is suboval, slightly pointed an- 
teriorly and on sides. Total length 17 mm. Carapace 6.8 mm long, 
5.8 mm wide. First femur, 7.6 mm; patella and tibia, 9.6 mm; 
metatarsus, 6.0 mm; tarsus, 1.7 mm. Second patella and tibia, 8.6 
mm; third, 4.7 mm; fourth, 7.8 mm. 
Male from Cuba. Coloration almost like that of female. Legs 
banded. Abdomen dark gray. Carapace with a deep longitudinal 
thoracic groove. Eye proportions like those of female. The second 
tibia is illustrated in Fig. 8. Abdomen oval, widest anteriorly. 
Total length 10 mm. Carapace 5.3 mm long, 3.7 mm wide. First 
femur, 6.8 mm; patella and tibia, 9.0 mm; metatarsus, 6.3 mm; 
tarsus, 1.4 mm. Second patella and tibia, 6.8 mm; third, 4.0 mm; 
fourth, 5.8 mm. 
Variation. Females measure total length, 12-24 mm. Some females 
are almost white, others nearly black. Some have an irregular 
asymmetrical longitudinal white pigment patch which may be a 
narrow line or widest anteriorly just over the heart area. Males 
are 9-13 mm in total length. In some the legs lack banding. The 
abdomen is white to dark gray. Puzzling is the coloration (Fig. 20) 
having two dark-bordered, slightly sclerotized humps, one after 
another. All but one with this coloration were juveniles, the only 
adult being from Veracruz, Mexico. 
Diagnosis. Females are readily told from Eriophora fuliginea by 
the wrinkled base of the epigynum (Figs. 13-15), males by the spur 
on the median apophysis (Fig. 10). 
Natural History. The species has been collected in live oak trees 
of scrub at a salt marsh in Levy County, Florida and on a hammock 
above dense undergrowth in Dade County, Florida, In Alachua 
