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about their radius; PME separated from one another and from 
PLE by about their radius; ALE and PLE contiguous. Height of 
clypeus equal to about 1.5 times the diameter of AME; the robust 
spines in the ocular area, so prominent in the male, are absent here 
(Fig. 8). Chelicerae, maxillae, lip and sternum essentially as in 
male as far as observed. Abdomen: as in male in all major features 
except the epigynum shown in Figure 9. Color in alcohol : color 
pattern also essentially as in male except that it tends to be some- 
what clearer than in that sex; the contrast between light and dark 
areas is greater than in the male but there is also considerable varia- 
tion among available specimens. 
Records. In addition to the specimens selected for moderately 
detailed description I also have in the collection more than fifty 
specimens taken in the following named localities in the Panama 
Canal Zone: Chilibre, Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone Forest 
Preserve, Frijoles, Gamboa, Madden Dam Region, Pedro Miguel, 
Summit Gardens, Summit. A male and two females have recently 
been added to the collection from Turrialba, Costa Rica, August 4, 
1965. 
Selected Bibliography 
Bonnet, Pierre 
1958. Bibliographia Araneorum. Toulouse. Vol. 2(4). 
Cambridge, F. P.- 
1897- Arachnida-Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. II. 
1905. Dulau & Co., London. 
Petrunkevitch, Alexander 
1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central, South 
America, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 29: 1-809. 
1928. Systema Aranearum. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., 29: 
1-270. 
Roewer, C. Fr. 
1942. Katalog der Araneae. 1: 1-1040. Bremen. 
Simon, E. 
1892- Histoire naturelle des Araignees. Deuxieme edition. Vol. 1. 
1905. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. 
