. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 17.—L. geometricus, adult $.. Fig. 18.—L. geometricus, adult $. is not comprehensive enough for the requirements of modern systematics. His description deals entirely with the abdominal pattern and colour, and while an excellent figure accompanies the description no details are given of such important characters as the epigyne. In 1875 Dr. T. Thorell (75) described a spider from Madagascar as L. geometricus, figuring the abdomen. This agrees in every respect with Koch's original description. Dr.

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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 17.—L. geometricus, adult $.. Fig. 18.—L. geometricus, adult $. is not comprehensive enough for the requirements of modern systematics. His description deals entirely with the abdominal pattern and colour, and while an excellent figure accompanies the description no details are given of such important characters as the epigyne. In 1875 Dr. T. Thorell (75) described a spider from Madagascar as L. geometricus, figuring the abdomen. This agrees in every respect with Koch's original description. Dr. Thorell at the same time gave a description of the epigyne which reads as follows: "Cujus in apice adest vulva sub specie foveae vel rimae transversae sat parvae magno ejus posticus elevatus aequaliter procurvus est intiger (non in medio. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum

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