. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 492 BuUetin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 141, No. 8 â5^. â f s. r ' Neoscona neotheis Map 7. Distribution of Neoscona neotheis (Petrunkevitch). Female. Total length mm. Cara- pace mm long, mm wide. A female from Puerto Rico, mm total length. Carapace mm long, mm wide. First femur, mm; patella and tibia, mm; metatarsus, mm; tarsus, mm. Second patella and tibia, mm; third, mm; fourth, mm. Male. Total length mm. Cara- pace mm long, 2
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 492 BuUetin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 141, No. 8 â5^. â f s. r ' Neoscona neotheis Map 7. Distribution of Neoscona neotheis (Petrunkevitch). Female. Total length mm. Cara- pace mm long, mm wide. A female from Puerto Rico, mm total length. Carapace mm long, mm wide. First femur, mm; patella and tibia, mm; metatarsus, mm; tarsus, mm. Second patella and tibia, mm; third, mm; fourth, mm. Male. Total length mm. Cara- pace mm long, mm wide. A male from Jamaica, mm total length. Carapace mm long, mm wide. First femur, mm; patella and tibia, mm; metatarsus, mm; tarsus, mm. Second patella and tibia, mm; third, mm; fourth, mm. Variation. Some specimens, mostly from Cuba and Jamaica, are almost twice the size of others. At first it was thought these were hybrids. Small and large specimens are generally not found together. Certain collecting sites have large specimens, others small ones. Perhaps the larger size is due to the spider's undergoing more molts be- fore maturity, possibly a result of competi- tion with a similar sized species. Both large and small specimens show the diagnostic features of the species. The largest came from Camagiiey, Cuba. Diagnosis. Both sexes of this light colored species can be recognized by the dorsal abdominal pattern, which consists of a median longitudinal white band with straight margins between two bold black longitudinal stripes (Fig. 100). The ven- tral abdominal pattern is less variable in this species than in most others and con- sists of two white bands on each side of the black central area with each band partly or completely constricted about a third of its length posteriorly from the epigastric furrow (Fig. 12). The scape of the female epigynum is not constricted near the midpoint, instead a single pair of lateral lobe
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