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1 A  . Tewnlgnatha limnocharis Seeley; f?   i  
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  mln ·y· lUl`l]lS. Y`. zzzur/num: differs m;1i11ly in the fact that 1l1¤· 1 S Y   1  
  ?2;1l1l·.¤i:1  ` vl1<~I1c¤·1x are l)1`(1l)(1l`tl()llZl[Cl}' longer 1112111 those of /iI}II}()(`]l(I}'I~.\`.' thc { `    
· my RM1 'll~l1\‘l`   dw 01. 1110 fzmg gl'(1()\'C is zxrmccl with seven ix, · :1·l<,»1‘r>\‘c 1 I      
llZl> l**iZ`· Ecmiclcs instead 0f three. Neither my figure 1101‘ that nf      
I Su·h·j.· 2 ~:11isfactr»1‘y in l)]'ll]gll]Q out ull thc rlctails nl tlw dcnticlcs. `   _  
1 ill}!  Q   ¤:5~1r~·.1l1 inlmhiis (lm]; slmrly l'Zl\'ll]CS, wl1c1·e;1s ]'.]]lHOL`/I(I}.[·`Y <>ce111‘# 1 ·‘   3  
· " ..1li  _ lii =·1l11·· ;_~l»1·> uf sim;l1irms_ The spccinxens that T l1:1x‘c cnllcctcrl 111 I      
1 Fjs >1111¤· — Y >~»111lx·:·· 1*?·»ri  . `l   1  
. lhmlji, l W . ·\l1l`l'l`ION1·\L REQ()1{I)S; Malo, Nicco. B1‘C\`Z1l`ll L`<11111L)‘; -     f  
I `_ 1,]-,_,l,Qy l f<11‘111€1U -1 I male, Royal Palm State Park, Dade County. FlO1‘1dH. lg ~ Yi`    
  lmkgg _` ll\<"¤‘ i~`1>1‘rls are of interest, since this species w;1S 110t k11<1\\*11 if   Z  
x N mdi,   V1 $#1% 1 {mm lmvcr Florida.   U J    
' ‘f"l-    ° Tékwzgnatha straminea l‘;lIl(’l`[Oll.   [    
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i A —\l“i?l>,l`[()N,~\[4 RIZCURI); Mala ()l'il1]g`(‘ Ul‘2lCll. HZll;lm;[_ l l A    
` Allégéeira ccmferta (Hcntz).   L1  
{ www   k_UU]·l`lKl' il»["l()N;\L I§ICC()[{l')S; (lull Stale l’;u·k, ];Zl](l\\'ll]   T   A ` ·
"  » ` ‘:~ 4’K`UYg€tO\\'l1 Cave, Qolbert County; Ihg L,YC('l{. H<’>11sI·»11   j g
 · ‘~—"llNij~·J >;11sum;l, Mobile County.   V     3
E Ib; I" » lk" lm )GYI This species ig found i11;1l>1111l·lOL()<.§IC.#\L 5Ul<\—*l:ZY Ul? .»\l..»\l3.\M.·\ ‘
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l 1 _ it of stability. and have a fair ainount of arhoreal eover, Al » ,{ [ii.,  ‘ C4
. , speeies are xveedy. ’.l`he plant cover eonsists of sueh ~      `A 175
,_ _ " loblolly pine, haekherry, black locust, honey locust. syeain · ,pli_,y   l p
f l · · inulberry. pin oak, roses. and honeysuekle. In the gullw wi 'l`a.. L li.
  i I _, egtlorisa qlf/t‘[>¢’l}‘<1 ¢`0lift‘l'/tI plZl.Ct‘S lts \\`t‘l)S O1] lt.>CtlSt$ Ztlltl —pi~nf[ ' lll ‘l`l‘
  . t vines, espeeially in sunlit areas and on the ltorders of ti ~.x»;¤..l. 1  
  _ ` ‘ _ ln early _lune niales were eonnnonly found iu the ut   ih 1 A
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  i   found in eertain genera of .-\raneinae. 'l`he folloxving niv i‘ ¤’l—*l" i ",|"m`l
  ll aeteristies are to be noted: l. ’l`here are no transyer~     Mi ll
    _ on the epigastrie plates. Z. ’l`he epigastrie furroiv is >* Illli i` 7 T.
    There is no boss on the ehelieera. 4. The lllCtZllZll`>l ·*l YH l. Zh
  .4   taken to;*;·etlier are not notieeably longer than the eonihiw il l*»"l!`V .
_   of the fetnur and patella. 'l`he scape is fleshy and elow 7*   M. Wl
`   the ease in another inetine, /`,t¤nmngp m·g_vm (\\'alel2tli>us. lt approaches r\’i`t·/znltimz in the small size. 1 =r t`ll‘·*··" ' ello.,
_ l `i ter of the xveh. and the ahdoininal tubereles, but Hk’\'l" `*i""   Ylltlllr
i   ` _ _ quite different in the greater eoinplexity of the genitéih il` ` ‘`‘r 'A _ :lYlYl`*
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