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sternum black ; legs yellowish, redder toward the tips, no distinct 

 rings, but some faint darker markings on side of femora; palpi 

 yellowish ; dorsum of abdomen nearly black, a little reddish tinge ; 

 venter reddish-brown with a narrow black line each side, and a 

 broader black stripe in the middle; very slight trace if any of 

 lighter markings on the dorsum ; dorsal eyes not as close together 

 as in P. annulata or P. pallida. 

 One specimen. 



Pardosa obsoleta, nov. sp. Plate III, fig. 45. 



Length 9 5-3mm. 



Length of cephalothorax 2'3mm. breadth 2* mm. 



Length of abdomen 3' mm. breadth TQmm. 



A larger specimen, apparently the same species is 7 mm. long. 

 Cephalothorax dark brown ; eye-region black ; with a broad median 

 rufous stripe, much constricted in front of dorsal groove, then 

 enlarging to surround the groove and then becoming smaller ; 

 mandibles reddish-yellow ; sternum black ; legs and palpi yellowish, 

 with darker incomplete rings, these only apparent on the upper sur- 

 face of the legs ; epigynum reddish ; venter grayish ; sides and dor- 

 sum nearly black, with faint, apparently irregular blotches of 

 yellowish ; the basal stripe not seen ; somewhat similar to P. montana 

 but the legs paler and less distinctly ringed ; all the markings are 

 indistinct. 



Two specimens. 



Pirata piratica Clerck. 

 Uncommon. 



Cephalothorax yellow with a dark stripe each side, somewhat 

 widest behind ; eyes surrounded by black ; a line each side, reaching 



