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Brady — Spider Genus Troehosa 
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Color. Western Females. Face yellow to brownish yellow, lightest 
along lower edge of clypeus. Chelicerae darker, orange to brownish 
orange. Condyles lighter, yellow. Eye nacelles black. 
Carapace yellow-brown with broad, yellowish median stripe 
enclosing pair of darker short stripes anteriorly as in Figure 2; with 
pale yellowish submarginal stripes. 
Dorsum of abdomen pale yellow to brownish yellow with irregu¬ 
lar spots of dark gray or brown as in Figure 2. Cardiac area even 
colored, pale brownish yellow to tan. Venter of abdomen cream to 
pale brownish yellow, without darker markings. 
Legs yellow to pale brownish yellow, without darker markings, 
lighter ventrally. 
Labium and endites yellowish brown to orange-brown; with distal 
ends cream to pale yellow. Sternum yellow to light brownish yellow. 
Color. Eastern Males. Face dark orange-brown to brownish yel¬ 
low at lower edge. Chelicerae dark reddish brown. Cymbium of 
palpus orange-brown. 
Carapace dark orange-brown with broad yellow-orange median 
stripe, and with paired short dusky median stripes as in female. 
Yellow-orange submarginal stripes not as distinct as in female. 
Dorsum of abdomen appearing gray-brown—color produced by 
background of brownish yellow finely reticulated with gray. Cardiac 
area pale yellowish brown. Venter of abdomen yellow to brownish 
yellow; sides mottled gray. 
Legs with femora yellow, darker brown distally, with patella- 
tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi brown. 
Labium and endites brownish orange with distal ends yellowish. 
Figs. 1-2. Troehosa terricola Thorell. 1. Female from Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., 
Connecticut, 9 May 1965. 2. Female from Fruitland, Payette Co., Idaho, 10-25 Sept. 
1943. 
Fig. 3. Troehosa avara Keyserling, female from Ramsey, Bergen Co., New Jer¬ 
sey, 24 Sept. 1934. 
Fig. 4. Troehosa gosiuta (Chamberlin), female from Timpanogos Park, Ameri¬ 
can Fork Canyon, Salt Lake Co., Utah, 13 June 1941. 
Fig. 5. Troehosa shenandoa Chamberlin and Ivie, female holotype from Shenan¬ 
doah National Park, Virginia, 5 July 1933. 
Fig. 6. Troehosa parthenus (Chamberlin), female from Alachua Co., Florida, 8 
Feb. 1934. 
