28 F. P. SMITH ON THE BRITISH SPIDERS OF THE GENUS LTCOSA. 



1876. Pardosa paludicola, Sim., Ar. de France, vol. iii., p. 348; 



vol. iv., pi. xiii., figs. 7 and 8. 



1877. Lycosa „ Menge, Preuss. Spin., p. 541, pi. 87, 



tab. 306. 

 1892. ,, „ Kulcz., Ar. Hung., vol. i., p. 59, tab. ii., 



fig. 17. 



1902. ,, „ Camb., Proc. Dors. F. Club, xxiii., p. 29, 



fig. 12. 



Length of female, 9 mm. 



Thoracic bands reddish brown : central band broad behind the 

 eyes, then slightly constricted, then enlarged and a little 

 attenuated towards the posterior extremity ; lateral bands fairly 

 broad, irregular at the edges, but unbroken. Sternum with a 

 very broad, pale band in the centre of its fore- part. Legs with 

 only a trace of annulation, the femora with black patches above. 



An exceedingly rare species in this country, having been found 

 once only, in the Isle of Wight. It has a wide range in Europe, 

 France, Scandinavia, Hungary, etc. I have never had the good 

 fortune to meet with the male. 



Lycosa ferruginea, L. Koch, 1870. 



1870. Lycosa ferruginea, L. Koch, Jahrb. der K.K. Gelehr. Gesell. 



in Krahau, p. 46. 



1871. ,, farrenii, Camb., Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvii., p. 395, 



pi. 54, no. 2. 

 1876. „ blanda, Sim., Ar. de France, vol. iii. ( ? only). 

 1881. ,, farrenii, Camb., Spid. Dorset, p. 546. 



1903. ,, ,, „ Proc. Dors. F. Club, xxiv., p. 160. 



Length : male, 5 mm. ; female, 6 mm. 



The markings of this spider very closely approximate those of 

 L. saccata, (Linn.), but the pattern is usually obscure. The tibia 

 of the male palpus is of a tumid form, especially in front. I 

 have not seen L. farrenii, but the Rev. O. Pickard- Cambridge, 

 who possesses the type, states (1903, Proc. Dors. F. Club, xxiv., 

 p. 160) that he believes L. ferruginea, L. Koch, and L. farrenii, 

 Camb., to be identical, and that " the latter name has priority 

 in its date of issue." Undoubtedly Mr. Cambridge's paper was 

 read prior to the description of L. ferruginea by L. Koch, but 

 does not seem to have been actually published until 1871. This 



