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Map 4. Distribution of Eriophora nephiloides (O. P. -Cambridge) 
Dolores, Cubilguitz and [?] Menche, Guatemala in British Museum, 
Natural History, examined. 
Araneus nephiloides , — Simon, 1895, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, vol. 1, 
p. 811. 
Aranea nephiloides, — F. P. -Cambridge, 1904, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 
Araneidea, vol. 2, p. 511, pi. 48, fig. 22, 9. 
Eriophora nephiloides, — Banks, 1909, Proc. Acad. Natur. Sci. Philadelphia, 
p. 210. Roewer, 1942, Katalog der Araneae, vol. 1, p. 867. Bonnet, 
1955, Bibliographia Araneorum, vol. 2, p. 1784. 
Description. Female from Panama Canal Zone. Carapace yellow- 
ish-white, dusky in the center and including head region. Sternum 
dark brown. Coxae yellow-white. Legs yellow-white, banded brown. 
Dorsum of abdomen white, sides yellow-white with a black edge 
toward dorsal white spot. Venter of abdomen with a black rectangle 
longer than wide, bordered by white. The pigment covers almost 
the entire area between epigynum and spinnerets. Anterior median 
eyes slightly larger than others, posterior medians 0.9 diameters of 
anteriors, laterals about 0.8 diameters of anterior medians. Anterior 
medians one and one-half diameters apart, posterior medians more 
than one diameter apart. Abdomen longer than wide, widest in 
anterior half, sometimes pear-shaped, quite variable. Total length, 
16 mm. Carapace 6.1 mm long, 5.2 mm wide. First femur, 8.9 mm; 
patella and tibia, 10.5 mm; metatarsus, 8.2 mm; tarsus, 2.3 mm. 
Second patella and tibia, 10.0 mm; third, 5.3 mm; fourth, 8.6 mm. 
Male from Panama Canal Zone. Carapace darker than that of 
female. Sternum with dark border only. Legs are not banded. 
Dorsum of abdomen all white, ventral abdominal black band may be 
wider than long or as wide as long. Anterior median eyes largest, 
posterior medians about 0.8 diameters of anterior medians, laterals 
about the radius of anterior medians. Anterior median eyes slightly 
more than one diameter apart, posterior medians slightly more than 
