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Length of sternum l*4mm. breadth 1* mm. 



Length of femur I 2" mm. tibia I l"4mm. 



\Leugth of femur IV 3* mm. tibia IV 2* mm. 



Cephalothorax with a broad reddish-yellow stripe each side, 

 above this a broader dark stripe with irregular edges ; exti'erae 

 margin of cephalothorax somewhat darkened ; on dorsum a reddish- 

 yellow stripe, widest in front; constricted at end of head and then 

 tapering caudad ; eye-region black ; clypeus reddish-yellow ; mandi- 

 bles similar; legs and palpi light reddish-yellow, ringed with black, 

 rings on femora not always complete ; sternum yellowish, often 

 with a black stripe extending from the caudal end toward the 

 middle ; sometimes a few other black marks ; on front of dorsum a 

 triangular reddish-yellow stripe not reaching quite to the middle of 

 the abdomen ; rest of dorsum is a brown network, yellow between 

 the meshes ; the network looks like cross-lines on the meson but at 

 sides, irregular ; venter lighter ; base yellowish, beyond brownish ; 

 spinnerets yellowish; front margin ofepigynum raised and dark 

 colored, the hind part also dark colored, the intermediate part so 

 light as to be hardly distinguishable. 



Uncommon. 



Pardosa venusta, nov. sp. Plate I, figs. 42, -t2a. 



Length 9 5"8mm. 



Length of cephalothorax 2'7mm. breadth l*9mm. 



Length of abdomen 3"lmm. breadth l'9mm. 



Cephalothorax dark brown, with a few indistinct yellowish spots 

 near the sides, eye-region black ; a broad central yellowish stripe, 

 contracted in front of dorsal groove, then enlarging to surround 

 the groove and again contracting behind it, and reaching the hind 

 margin ; mandibles yellowish with a brownish spot near base ; legs 

 and palpi pale with darker rings; sternum black ; venter grayish ; 

 spinnerets light ; sides and dorsum darker, almost black, with many 

 pale yellowish spots; a median basal stripe pointed behind, not 

 quite reaching the middle of dorsum, yellowish ; a spot each side of 

 this at base yellowish ; at the hind end of this stripe on each side 

 two yellow spots, the hind pair containing a black dot ; behind this 

 two pairs of similar,' spots, united on meson, each containing a 

 black dot ; just above the spinnerets several narrow cross-bands of 

 yellow; each side of the median markings, there are other yellowish 

 spots, some quite large, making the abdomen look like a Coelotes ; 



