1975] 
Brady — Oxyopes 
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MALES: 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Clypeus 
.438 
.35-. 50 
Femur I 
2.14 
1.9-2. 3 
AME 
.290 
.25-.30 
Patella-Tibia I 
2.62 
2.4-2. 9 
ALE 
.560 
.50-.63 
Metatarsus I 
2.61 
2.3-2. 9 
PLE 
1.023 
.93-1.15 
Tarsus I 
1.02 
.9-1.1 
PME 
.550 
.50-. 60 
Total Length I 
8.40 
7.5-9.2 
Carapace 
Width 
1.59 
1. 5-1.7 
Carapace 
Patella-Tibia II 
2.36 
2. 2-2. 6 
Length 
2.10 
1. 9-2.4 
Patella-Tibia III 
1.64 
1.5-1. 8 
Total 
Patella-Tibia IV 
2.34 
2.2-2. 5 
Length 
4.80 
4.3-5. 3 
Total Length IV 
8.39 
7. 6-8. 9 
Color. 
Female. 
Face and 
chelicerae white 
with a 
pair of wide 
dark brown stripes 
from ALE to subdistal ends of 
chelicerae as 
illustrated 
in Figure 19. 
Carapace with median area 
white, bounded 
by wide dark brown 
submarginal stripes, with white at margins as in Figure 20. 
Dorsum of abdomen with median white stripe outlined in black, 
becoming dark brown laterally. Two pairs of white marks posteri- 
orly as in Figure 20. Venter with median area dusky, bounded by 
pale cream, becoming darker (light brown) laterally. 
Legs yellow to light brown, overlaid with dark hair. Femora 
with dark stripe along anterio-ventral surface. 
Labium and endites yellow. Sternum cream to pale yellow. 
Color. Male. Face with dark brown or black median area 
bounded by white and chelicerae with vertical black stripes as in 
Figure 67. Eye region black. Cymbia of palpi black. 
Carapace with broad median white stripe bounded by wide sub- 
marginal stripes, with the margins of the carapace white as in Fig- 
ure 68. 
Dorsum of abdomen with a median stripe bounded by black as in 
Figure 68. 
Venter with dark brown median stripe outlined in pale cream to 
yellow and becoming darker laterally. 
Legs yellow to brown, overlaid with dusky hair, without distinct 
darker markings. 
Labium and endites pale yellow. Sternum cream to pale yellow. 
Diagnosis. Oxyopes cornutus , particularly the male, has a black 
and white color pattern similar to O. tridens and O. pardus. The 
male of O. cornutus lacks a patellar apophysis such as that found in 
