450 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 
1888. Plexippus puerperus P. $ $, Wis. Acad. Sciences, Arts and Let¬ 
ters, VII, N. A. Att. p. 33. 
1901. Colonus puerperus F. O. P. C. $, Biol. Cent. Am., Arachn. 
Aran., II, p. 246. 
Length, 3 9-11 mm., 2 9-12 mm. Legs, 3 1432, 2 4312. 
Spines, 3 tibia I 2-2 and 2-2 bulbous hairs; tibia II 3-3 and 
1 below, and 1 anterior lateral; sometimes the two patellae have 
ant. and post, spines, sometimes only on one side; 2 tibia I 
2-2 and 2-2 bulbous hairs, tibia II 2-2 and 1 ant. lat. All 
the spines appear to be quite variable. 
Color, 3 ; the cephalothorax varies from light to dark red¬ 
dish brown and has on the cephalic-plate a large oval spot of 
white just in front of the dorsal eyes, two white lines on each 
side near the posterior border, running upward from the lower 
margin, and just behind and below each dorsal eye three short 
parallel lines; the abdomen varies from light testaceous to brown 
and has on the dorsum two longitudinal white bands; on each 
side of the bands are some scattered black dots. The legs and 
falces are brown except the proximal parts of the femora of the 
last three pairs, which are yellow. Palpus with a white line 
above. Other parts are light to dark brown. We have from 
Columbia, Missouri, several males that have the body and legs 
unusually dark. 2 ; the cephalothorax is yellow, darkest in the 
eye region; the eyes are on black spots, and there is a brown spot 
just above the anterior middle eyes, the abdomen is yellow with 
three longitudinal white bands, the middle often less distinct, 
and many black dots; the other parts are yellow. 
Found in California, Arizona (Banks), Florida, Texas, 
Georgia, Missouri, Mexico. 
M^EVIA C. K. 1848. 
Type, Mjevia pencillata C. K. 1848. 
1845. Attus (vittatus 5 and <?) H., Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist V. 
1846. Plexippus (undatus ) C. K., Arachn., XIII, p. 123. 
1848. Mjevia (pencillata <$) C. K., Arach., XIV, p. 69. 
1850. M/uvia C. K. Uber. Arach. Syst., p. 50. 
