. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Plate 3. Neoscono domlciliorum. Top Fig. female from Washington, D. C. Bottom Fig. female from Florida. Carapace. Distinct carapace coloration was observed in females of three species. In two (Neoscona hentzii and N. nautica) it is probably too variable to be of much use, but in N. orizahensis it is highly char- acteristic (Fig. 7) and will separate the female of that species. The fourth coxa. Males of several species can easily be separated by the presence of a coniform spur on the posterior edge of the ventral surfa
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Plate 3. Neoscono domlciliorum. Top Fig. female from Washington, D. C. Bottom Fig. female from Florida. Carapace. Distinct carapace coloration was observed in females of three species. In two (Neoscona hentzii and N. nautica) it is probably too variable to be of much use, but in N. orizahensis it is highly char- acteristic (Fig. 7) and will separate the female of that species. The fourth coxa. Males of several species can easily be separated by the presence of a coniform spur on the posterior edge of the ventral surface of coxa IV (Fig. 9). After lengthy testing, dependable char- acters have been found that provide clear gaps between the populations (Michener, 1970), and these populations are presumed to be the species. Neoscona Simon Neoscona Simon, 1864, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, ed. 1: 261. Type species: N. arahesca Walckenaer, designated by F. O. Cambiidge, 1904, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Araneidea, 2: 466. Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 63: 20. Type species by nionotvpy C. gisti Chamberlin, 1924, 63: 20, pi. 5, fig. 37, S . Male holotype witiiout palpi from Soochow, China, in the U. S. National Museum, examined. One palpus marked holotype in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, examined (which has since been presented to the U. S. National Museum). The other palpus is presumably in the Univ. Utah collection. CubaneUa Franganillo, 1926, Cuba Contemporare, 41 (161): 14. Type species by monotypy C. nidicola Franganilla [:='Neoscona neotheis]. Eriovixia Archer, 1951, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1487: 34. Type species by original designation Eriovixia rliiniirus (Pocock) [=zAraneus rliinu- ms]. NEW SYNONYMY. Neosconopsis Archer, 1951, Natirr. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci., 84: 3. New subgenus. Type species by monotypy and original designation Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer) [^Araneus adiantus]. NEW SYNONYMY. Note. Chinesteh gisti is very close to Neoscona l^entzi
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