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in Figures 2, 3. Epigynum as in Figures 13-17. Palp as in 
Figures 34, 35 S. mini us 
3a. Without a conspicuous white median stripe running length of 
carapace and without distinct submarginal white stripes. Pattern 
as in Figu res 2, 3, 4 or 5. 4 
3b. With a definite median white stripe beginning behind second eye 
row and continuing to posterior edge of carapace, and with dis- 
tinct broad white marginal or submarginal stripes. Pattern as in 
Figures 6, 7, 8, or 9. 6 
4a. Black in color without distinct lighter markings as in Figure 5. 
Epigynum as in Figures 25, 26. Found at high elevations in 
Mexico S. plutonus 
4b. Dark brown or gray with distinct white markings on carapace 
and dorsum of abdomen as in Figures 2-4. 5 
5a. Epigynum as in Figures 21, 22. Palp as in Figures 37-39. Found 
in southern Texas. S. t exanus 
5b. Epigynum as in Figures 13-17. Palp as in Figures 34, 35. Found 
from eastern Louisiana to southern Florida S. mimus 
6a. Abdomen with wide median brown stripe bordered by white lines 
at the anterior end, these lines broken posteriorly as a series of 
white dashes. No white chevrons crossing the median brown 
stripe, as in Figure 6. Epigynum as in Figures 23, 24. Palp as 
in Figures 46, 47 S. mexiccmus 
6b. Abdomen with wide median brown stripe with indentations 
accented by white spots anteriorly and with a series of white 
chevrons crossing the median stripe posteriorly. 7 
7a. Epigynum with broad median septum and greatly expanded blade 
as in Figures 31, 32. S. michoacanus 
7b. Epigynum with relatively narrow median septum and rounded 
blade as in Figures 27-30. 8 
8a. Epigynum as in Figures 27, 28. Palp as in Figures 44, 45. 
S. calif ornicus 
8b. Epigynum as in Figures 29, 30 S. agalenoides 
Sosippus calif ornicus Simon 
Figures 8, 27, 28, 43, 44. Map 1. 
Sosippus calif ornicus Simon, 1898, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, 42:25. Female 
holotype from Lower California in the Paris Museum. Simon, 1898, 
Histoire naturelle des Araignees, 2 (2) :323-325, fig. 331 $. Banks, 1913, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 65:182, pi. 9, fig. 13 9. Comstock, 
1913, The Spider Book, p. 622; 1940, op. cit., rev. ed., p. 639. Bonnet, 
1958, Bibliographia Araneorum, 2(4) : 4093. 
