. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Araneus diadematus group Orb-weavers • Levi 143. • H O Araneus andrewsi • Araneus bicentenorius \, Map 1. Distribution of Araneus bicenfenorius (McCook) and A. andrewsi (Archer) The differences between A. angulatus and Noith American species are discussed un- der A. bicentenarius. The web, described by Wiehle (1931) has bridge threads up to 5 m long at 3 ni height. The number of spokes averages 21 and the snare region is 40-63 cm across. Araneus bicentenarius (McCook) Plate 3; Figures 15-26; Map 1 Epeira gigas Leach,
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Araneus diadematus group Orb-weavers • Levi 143. • H O Araneus andrewsi • Araneus bicentenorius \, Map 1. Distribution of Araneus bicenfenorius (McCook) and A. andrewsi (Archer) The differences between A. angulatus and Noith American species are discussed un- der A. bicentenarius. The web, described by Wiehle (1931) has bridge threads up to 5 m long at 3 ni height. The number of spokes averages 21 and the snare region is 40-63 cm across. Araneus bicentenarius (McCook) Plate 3; Figures 15-26; Map 1 Epeira gigas Leach, 1815, Zoological Miscellany, 2: 132, pi. 109. Female type probably from America in tlie British Museum, Natural History, examined. ( Not A. gigas, — Comstock, 1912, 1940, The Spider Book and some other authors^.) Epeira bicentennaria McCook, 1888, Proc. Acad. Natur. Sci., Philadelphia, p. 195, figs. 3, 5, $. Syntypes from "northwestern Ohio and Al- legheny mountains" lost. Epeira angulata var. bicentenaria, — McCook, 1893, American Spiders, 3: 186, pi. 10, figs. 3-5, pi. 11, figs. 2-4, 5, S. Aranea bicentenaria, — Archer, 1951, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1487: 31, figs. 68, 78, ?, $. Aranea kisatchia Archer, 1951, Amer. Mus. ^ The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature will be asked to place the name Epeira gigas Leach on the Official List of Re- jected Names in Zoology and the name Epeira bicentenaria McCook on the Official List of Spe- cific Names in Zoology. Novitates, 1487: 27, fig. 69, 9. Female holo- type from Grant Parish, Louisiana, in the American Museum of Natural History, ex- amined. NEW SYNONYMY. 'Note. Leach's description suggested that his Epeira gigas is A. hicentenarius. The type of E. gigas was found pinned and stuffed with cotton in the British Museum by Mr. D. J. Clark. After placing it in alcohol Mr. D. J. Clark examined the speci- men and reported it to be an unusually large specimen of A. angulatus; upon com- paring it to my d
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