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LYCOSA RIMICOLA, n. sp. 



Specimens. 9 $ $ and 9 ? ? (types, No. 9423) from Hanover 

 (September, October). Also many other specimens from the farms 

 Vlagkop, Palmietfontein, and Poortjesfontein. 



5 ? . Carapace dark brown, with some fine, black, radiating lines 

 and covered with grey hairs ; the narrow, paler, submarginal band 

 frequently obliterated ; the paler median band often indistinct 

 and then indicated only posteriorly, but when distinct the cephalic 

 portion is broad with 2 parallel dark lines or oblong spots, while the 

 thoracic portion is narrowed behind and frequently with laciniate 

 margins. Posterior median eyes slightly less than their own diameter 

 apart ; the anterior row of eyes scarcely or not at all narrower than 

 the row formed by the posterior median eyes, their lower margins in 

 a straight or slightly procurved line, the median eyes a little larger 

 than the laterals. Upper side of abdomen with light or dark greyish 

 ground colour, a row of black spots on each side, an anterior 

 longitudinal brown band finely bordered with black, and a pair of 

 equally broad yellowish bands (obliterated in dark specimens) 

 enclosing the brown band between them and converging and then 

 uniting anteriorly ; posterior to these are generally also a series of 

 transverse angular bands of yellow. Legs reddish yellow, the femora 

 with some faintly infuscate marks above but not distinctly banded, 

 the anterior pairs frequently darker distally. Clicliccrce with some 

 yellowish hairs in front, the lower margin with 3 teeth, of which the 

 distal one is much the smallest. Coxae, more or less infuscated. 

 Sternum generally black. Under side of abdomen black. Tarsi and 

 metatarsi, and to a lesser extent the tibice of the first 2 pairs of legs, 

 scopulate ; tarsi III and IV with a thick scopula on each side ; 

 metatarsi III and IV more thinly scopulate ; spines on legs I and 

 II small, those on the metatarsi especially remarkably short. Median 

 bar of vulva long and linear, bordered on each side by a long, 

 still narrower, parallel-sided cavity, the transverse posterior bar 

 short. 



$ $ . Very like the ? , but the spines on the anterior legs much 

 longer. 



Measurements. $ $ 11-13 mm., ? 5 15-19 mm. in length. 



A strongly built and rather common species, somewhat resembling 

 L. promontorii, Poc., in appearance, but larger ; the latter species also 

 occurs in this locality. L. rimicola is found in various hiding-places, 

 such as cracks in the ground, &c. 



