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Keyserling, 1892, Spinnen Amerikas, vol. 4, p. 285, pi. 14, figs. 210, $. 
Not Singa maculata Thorell, 1875. 
Singa nigripes Keyserling, 1884, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 33, 
p. 655, pi. 21, fig. 7, $. Female holotype from Indian River, Florida 
(Marx collection) in the United States National Museum; examined. 
1893, Spinnen Amerikas, vol. 4, p. 290, pi. 15, fig. 214, 9. McCook, 
1893, American Spiders, vol. 3, p. 232, pi. 19, figs. 5, 6, $, $. new 
SYNONYMY. 
Singa modesta Banks, 1896, Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc., vol. 23, p. 70. 
Female lectotype here designated from Lake Worth, Florida in the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology; examined, new synonymy. 
Singa truncata Banks, 1901, J. New York Entomol. Soc., vol. 9, p. 188. 
New name for Singa maculata Emerton, preoccupied. Kaston, 1948, 
Bull. Connecticut Geol. Natur. Hist. Surv., vol. 70, 241, figs. 746, 766. 
Singa hentzi Banks, 1907, Ann. Rep. Dept. Geol. Natur. Res. Indiana, p. 
740, fig. 20, 9. Female lectotype from Cannelton, Indiana, in the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology; examined, new synonymy. 
Araneus hentzi, — Petrunkevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist., vol. 
29, p. 296. Bonnet, 1955, Bibliographia Araneorum, vol. 2, p. 516. 
Araneus rubens, — Petrunkevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist., vol. 
29, p. 313. Bonnet, 1955, Bibliographia Araneorum, vol. 2, p. 587. 
Araneus modestus, — ’Petrunkevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist., 
vol. 29, p. 304. Bonnet, 1955, Bibliographia Araneorum, vol. 2, p. 546. 
Araneus nigripes, — Petrunkevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist., 
vol. 29, p. 306. Bonnet, 1955, Bibliographia Araneorum, vol. 2, p. 549. 
Araneus tusus Petrunkevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Natur. Hist., vol. 29, p. 321. 
New name for Singa truncata Banks thought preoccupied by Epeira 
truncata Keyserling, 1865 (= Edricus truncatus ) . 
Singa rubens, — Archer, 1940, Paper Alabama Mus. Natur. Hist., no. 14, 
p. 38, pi. 2, fig. 3, 9. 
Singa tusa, — Chamberlin and Ivie, 1944, Bull. Univ. Utah (biol. ser.), 
vol. 35, p. 109. 
Araneus truncatus , — Bonnet, 1955, Bibliographia Araneorum, vol. 2, p. 619. 
Note: Fig. 20 of Banks, 1907, was printed upside down. The 
specimen described has banded legs. My Figures 74, 77, 78 and 80 
were prepared from the holotype of Singa nigripes. 
Description. Female from South Dakota. Total length 3.2 mm. 
Carapace 1.4 mm long, 1.2 mm wide. First femur, 1.0 mm; patella 
and tibia, 1.3 mm; metatarsus, 0.8 mm; tarsus, 0.5 mm. Second 
patella and tibia, 1.2 mm; third, 0.8 mm; fourth, 1.2 mm. 
Male from South Dakota. The first tibia is very slightly thicker 
proximally than distally. Total length 2.7 mm. Carapace 1.3 mm 
long, 1.2 mm wide. First femur, 1.2 mm; patella and tibia, 1.5 
mm; metatarsus, 0.8 mm; tarsus, 0.5 mm. Second patella and tibia, 
1.2 mm; third, 0.8 mm; fourth, 1.2 mm. 
Variation. At first it seemed quite clear to me that there are at 
least two species, a large one with long ducts in the female (Fig. 78) 
