1972] 
Carico — Pisaurina 
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Map 2. Distribution of Pisaurina brevipes (Emerton). 
ginning with an early record in Louisiana in middle March and 
ending with a late record in November for Florida. 
Only two egg sacs were found : one from Michigan collected 
August second and one from Florida collected November second. A 
note in a May or June collection from Illinois concerning a nursery 
is as follows: “The large specimen had a bell-like web on or near 
top of stems. In this web were young.” Thus, the nursery is appar- 
ently quite similar to that of P. mira. 
Distribution. Eastern North America from Ontario, Michigan, 
and Massachusetts southward to Louisiana and central Florida, and 
westward to Kansas and Arkansas. 
Material examined. Three males, 29 females, 28 immatures. 
Discussion. The validity of this species has been the subject of 
some confusion as can be seen in the identifications accompanying 
the museum collections. Although Bishop (1924) upheld the valid- 
ity of the species, the most convincing characters for this point of 
view, however, were not available to him because they are found on 
