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occurring in these habitats. For further notes on the biology of 
O. salticus see Brady (1964), pp. 481-482. 
Distribution. North America (see Map 3 of Brady, 1964)* 
Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, and South America. 
Records. Common throughout Mexico and Central America 
(Map 3). 
Oxyopes flavus Banks 
Figures 13, 14, 47~54> 76, 77, 106, 107. Map 4. 
Oxyopes flavus Banks, 1898, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1(3) :278, pi. 7, fig. 
28, 9. Female syntypes from Sierra San Lazaro, Baja California, 
Mexico, (G. Eisen, F. H. Vaslit), in Museum of Comparative Zoology, 
examined. 
Oxyopes lingulifer F.O.P. -Cambridge, 1902, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 
Arachnida, Araneidea, 2:345, pi. 32, fig. 28, $. Female holotype from 
Costa Rica, (Rogers), in British Museum (Natural History), exam- 
ined. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Discussion. The specimens from Sierra San Lazaro upon which 
Banks (1898) based the name O. flavus are at one extremity of the 
range of this species and the female holotype of Oxyopes lingulifer 
is from Costa Rica at the other end of the known range. Most of 
the other specimens are from in between (see Map 4). The epigy- 
num of Cambridge’s holotype (Fig. 52) seems to be quite different 
from that of O. flavus. An investigator might consider them distinct 
species. However, the epigyna of the specimens from geographic areas 
between these specimens show considerable variation (Figs. 47-51) 
and even specimens from the same locality may be different in this 
respect. Therefore, the type specimens of O. flavus and O. lingulifer 
are considered to be geographic variants of the same species. This 
species illustrates very well the greater amount of geographic and 
individual variation encountered in Mexican and Central American 
species when compared to their North American relatives. 
Figs. 98-99. Oxyopes salticus Hentz, male from Veracruz, Veracruz, 30 
July 1972. 98. Left palpus, retrolateral view. 99. Left palpus, ventral view. 
Figs. 100-101. Oxyopes ocelot new species, male holotype from W side 
of Lake Sayula, Guerrero, 3 Aug. 1956. 100. Retrolateral view. 101. Ven- 
tral view. 
Figs. 102-103. Oxyopes felinus Brady, male from SW of Acaponeta, 
Nayarit, 15 May 1963. 102. Retrolateral view. 103. Ventral view. 
Figs. 104-105. Oxyopes cornutus F.O.P.-Cambridge, male from 8 mi. SW 
of Colima, Colima, 10 May 1963. 104. Retrolateral view. 105. Ventral 
view. 
