LYCOSA. 325 
2. Lycosa hirsuta, sp.n. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 10, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 25 millim. 
Colour entirely dusky brown; the whole spider, except the posterior portion of the carapace, clothed with 
short, pale, scattered, semierect, silky hairs. Carapace without distinct pale bands. Sternum, coxa, and 
femora of legs black ; tibia iv. with an apical dark annulus. Abdomen with an indistinct, dorsal, central, 
more or less dentated, black band, extending from the base to the spinners, with a dull pale band on each 
side ; ventral area speckled with brown and with a more or less distinct, broad, wedge-shaped, central, 
dusky band. Ocular area clothed in front with fulvous hairs; mandibles black, with yellowish hairs on 
the sides and in front. Protarsus iii. scopulate beneath throughout. Anterior row of eyes procurved, 
slightly narrower than the second row, the eyes of the latter less than one diameter apart. ‘Tibia and 
patella i. as long as tibia and patella iv. taken together, and as long as the carapace. 
Vulval area longer than broad; vulval cavity only slightly wider on each side than the central L-shaped 
process, whose stem is slightly longer than the cross-piece, narrow and parallel-sided. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Sinith). 
3. Lycosa subfusca, sp.n. (Tab. XXXI. fiz. 11, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length (large @ ) 16 millim. 
Carapace brown, clothed with grey hairs, with an ill-defined, pale, submarginal band and a central pale band 
dilate towards and between the posterior eyes ; having a pair of narrow, longitudinal, dark lines in the 
dilated portion. Abdomen mouse-grey, with a tinge of ochreous above and on the sides; with an 
indistinct, basal, central, lanceolate, dark band, bordered with pale ochreous, followed by a series of very 
slender, transverse, “\-shaped, pale lines, their extremities dilate; ventral area entirely black. Legs 
ochreous, with very faint traces of dusky annulations, a single spot near the apex of tibia iv. above being 
more conspicuous. Sternum and coxe black. Mandibles brown, with some ochreous hairs in front and 
on the sides. Patella and tibia i. shorter than patella and tibia iv. and than the carapace. 
Vulval area a little longer than broad; cross-piece of the central L-shaped process broad, with a depression 
on each branch, as long as the stem, which is narrow and parallel-sided. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo, Amula, and Omilteme in Guerrero (7. I. Smith). 
4. Lycosa brunnea, sp.n. (Tub. XXXI. figg. 12, 12a, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 27 millim. 
Carapace dark brown, with indistinct marginal pale bands and a more distinct, central, pale band, narrow at 
the base, gradually dilate towards the ocular area. Legs brown, somewhat ferruginous above. Mandibles 
black, with a narrow marginal band of ferruginous hairs and some anterior basal hairs of the same colour. 
Abdomen with the typical Tarentuloid markings: dark shoulder-spots, a central lanceolate black bar with 
short lateral branches, followed by some central spots, the shoulder-spots being continued laterally, broken 
behind the middle, followed by a black spot on each side, set posteriorly with some white hairs; lateral 
area fulvous, especially anteriorly ; ventral area deep velvety black. Sternum and coxe black. 
Anterior row of eyes slightly procurved, almost straight, scarcely narrower than the second row, whose eyes 
are rather over halt a diameter apart. Tibia and patella i. as long as tibia and patella iv., slightly longer 
than the carapace. 
Vulval area as broad as long; stem of the central L-shaped process not longer than the cross-piece, very broad, 
dilate to base. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa (//. H. Smith); Guatemata, Tikal, Menché, Cahabon (Sarg). 
5. Lycosa transversa, sp. n. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 13, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. ‘Total length 18 millim. 
