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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1892. 



spinnerets like venter ; epigynum reddish ; legs black haired and 

 spined ; abdomen with long black and white hairs and shorter 

 yellowish ones ; sternum with stiff black hairs ; epigynum sur- 

 rounded by white hairs ; first row of eyes shorter than second ; eyes 

 of second row more than their diameter apart, and not larger than 

 dorsal eyes. 



One specimen, Round Marshes, May. 



Lycosa avara Keys. 



Trochosa avara Keys. 



Uncommon, Six Mile Creek, March. 

 Lycosa ocreata Hentz. 



Infrequent, Six Mile Creek, Fall Creek, Sept. and Oct. 

 Lycosa polita Em. 



One specimen. 

 Lycosa scutulata Hentz. 



One specimen. 

 Lycosa vulpina Em. 



Two specimens. Six Mile Creek, in holes. 

 Lycosa crudelis, nov. sp. Plate III, fig. 37. 



Total length 



Length of cephalothorax 

 Length of abdomen 

 Length of sternum 

 Length of femur I 

 Length of femur IV 



Cephalothorax red-brown, darker in eye-region ; with three light 

 stripes, the median one arising from between the second row of eyes 

 as a fine line, gradually widening and reaching the hind margin, 

 widest at dorsal groove; the side stripes more than their width 

 above the edge, and scarcely as wide as the dorsal stripe ; clypeus 

 dark ; rtiandibles nearly "black ; mouth-parts black, with tips light ; 

 sternum jet black with many black hairs ; under side of coxae 

 blackish with black hairs ; femora yellow-brown ; hinder ones 

 with darker spots; other joints yelloAV-brown, hinder ones with 

 darker rings, on front ones the rings are scarcely apparent ; legs 

 with many black hairs; palpi yellow-brown, tip of last joint darker ; 

 abdomen black, clothed with yellow pubescence ; a black spear- 

 shaped mark reaching to the middle of the abdomen ; on sides 

 yellow and black hairs tend to form narrow lines ; venter dark with 



