1962] 
Brady — So sip pus 
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Chelicerae black, clothed with long black hairs, conspicuous orange- 
brown boss on each side. Sternum yellowish brown. Endites and 
labium dark reddish brown, brownish yellow at distal ends. Ventral 
surface of coxae yellowish brown. Femora gray-brown on ventral 
surface. White hairs on dorsal surface of femora forming alternating 
bands, consisting of : proximal gray-brown, white, gray-brown, white, 
and distal gray-brown. Remaining leg segments dark brown with 
tarsi and metatarsi darker. Heavy scopulae on tarsus and metatarsi 
of legs I and II dark gray in color. 
Text Fig. 2. Funnel web of S. texanus constructed in corner of cardboard 
box with retreat behind large stick. 
Dorsum of abdomen with a wide brown median stripe running the 
length of the abdomen, with diffuse black hairs covering it. Two pairs 
of white dots at the lateral edges of the stripe anteriorly, posterior to 
these a series of six paired white spots connected by white chevrons 
crossing the brown stripe. Usually the first chevron is represented by 
two dashes and the arms of the second chevron do not quite join at 
the midline. Alternating with the white chevrons are bands of darker 
brown dots. The areas on each side of the median stripe are speckled 
