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Psyche 
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Nicolet’s type is in very poor condition and has the lateral pro- 
jections of the abdomen relatively longer than in previous specimens. 
Phoroncidia variabilis (Nicolet), new combination 
Gasteracantha variabilis Nicolet 1849 in Gay, Historia Fisica y Politica 
de Chile, 10(3): 476. Female holotype from Chile, no. 5523 in the Museum 
National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, examined, July 1973. 
Glyptogona pennata, — -Simon, 1895, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees 1: 
1 : 867. Roewer, 1942, Katalog der Araneae, 1 : 891. 
Phoroncidia margamarga Levi, 1964, American spiders of the genus 
Phoroncidia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 131: 77, 
figs. 30-34, 2. Female holotype from Marga Marga, Prov. Valparaiso, 
Chile, in the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels. 
Levi, 1967, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 136: 18, figs. 16-18, $. new synonymy. 
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