PARDOSA. 
male, the last pair apical. Cephalic region with a distinct, dark, 
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elongate, wedge-shaped mark within a central pale band . . . . Prrara, Sundev. 
B. Tibie iii. and iv. without any spine at the base above (represented some- 
times by a long stiff hair), 
a'. Posterior spinners shorter than the anterior, the terminal segment 
very short; anterior row of eyes not wider than the posterior 
centrals 2. . 0... ee ee eee ew ee ew ee) 6 ARrotosa, C. Ti. Koch. 
b'. Posterior spinners longer than the anterior, the terminal segment 
longer; anterior row of eyes distinctly wider than the posterior 
centrals . . 0. 0. ee ee ee ee ee ee ew ee) 6) 6 Sosrppus, Simon. 
PARDOSA. 
Pardosa, C. Li. Koch, Die Arachn. xiv. p. 100 (1848). 
Type P. striatipes, C. L. Koch (selected by Simon). Europe. 
The spiders included in this genus are those referred by Simon (‘ Les Arachnides de 
France,’ and ‘ Histoire Naturelle des Araignées,’ ed. 2) to Pardosa. They differ from 
those included under Tarentula in the precipitous sides of the anterior portion of the 
carapace, and in having a variously formed process in the centre of the bulb of the 
male palpus. 
The species known to me may be distinguished as follows :— 
Males. 
A. Central process of palpal bulb very long and comparatively narrow, extending 
from the centre to the external margin of the tarsus. 
i. Central process narrower at the base and with either an obliquely directed 
or a circularly curved spine lying across and beneath it. 
a. Central process directed obliquely forward, its apex bent inward towards 
the bulb, but not backward, squarely or obliquely truncate; the spine 
lying beneath the process circularly curved and very distinct 
b. Central process strongly curved across the bulb, its apex bluntly pointed 
and directed backward; the spine lying beneath it being indistinct and 
obliquely directed . . . . 
. Central process much broader at the base (though variable), narrowing to 
the apex, directed straight across the bulb, its point directed downward 
and slightly backward oe . 
B. Central process of the bulb much shorter and broader. 
1*, Central process of bulb with a long, stout, curved spur directed upward 
from about the middle of its lower margin. 
a’, Central process very much broader and more concave basally, its apex 
forming a broad striate hook. Tibia and tarsus of palpi yellow, the 
rest black . 2. . e+ ee © © 6 © ee 
prolifica, sp. n. 
longivulva, sp. n. 
falcifera, sp. 1. * 
flavipalpis, sp. n. 
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