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Thoracic bands brownish or greenish yellow : central band 

 very broad in front, then sharply constricted, then, as a rule, 

 more brightly coloured and somewhat attenuated towards its 

 posterior termination ; lateral bands broad, unbroken, continued 

 round the front of the caput. Sternum with a pale, central band, 

 and sometimes obscure blackish bars from the margins to near 

 the centre. Legs not annulated ; femora in both sexes suffused, 

 with black on their upper sides. Palpus of male, tarsus and 

 metatarsus only, supplied with a thick coating of black hairs. 



This spider is fairly common, and is widespread in England, 

 Ireland, and Scotland. Its Continental range, however, seems 

 restricted to the north and west. Adult from May to October. 



Lycosa lugubris, (Walck.), 1802. 



(PI. 3, Figs. 12, a, b.) 



1775 ? Aranea dorsalis, Fabr., Syst. But., p. 437. 

 1802. „ lugubris, Walck., Faune Par., ii., 239. 



1833. Lycosa alacris, 0. L. Koch, Deuts. Ins., 120 ; 17, 18. 

 1833. „ sylvicola, Sund., Sv. Ah. Handle f. 1832, p. 176. 

 1836. ,, silvicultrix, C. L. Koch, Die Arach., vol. iii., p. 25, 



tab. lxxxii., 182, 183. 

 1848. Pardosa alacris, C. L. Koch, Die Arach., vol. xv., p. 39, 



tab. Dxiv., 1443, 1444. 

 1861. Lycosa silvicola, Westr., Ar. Suec, p. 474. 

 1861. ,, lugubris, Bl., Spid. G. B. I., p. 27, pi. ii., fig. 10; 



pi. iii., fig. 10. 

 1872. „ ,, Thor., Bern, on Syn., p. 276. 



1876. Pardosa „ Sim., Ar. de France, vol. iii., p. 337. 

 1879. Lycosa „ ^lenge, Preuss. Spin., p. 548, pi. 89 r 



tab. 312. 

 1881. ,, „ Camb., Spid. Dorset, p. 374. 



1892. ,, ,, J£.u\c/..,Ar.Hu7ig.,\o\. i., p. 58, tab. ii., fig. 9. 



Length : male, 5 mm. ; female, 7 mm. 



Thoracic bands reddish yellow; central band broad through- 

 out its entire length, tapering slightly posteriorly, and, in the 

 male only, thickly clothed with white hairs ; lateral bands very 

 narrow and obscure. Sternum reddish brown in the female, 

 darker in the male, in both sexes usually with a short, narrow 

 band in its fore-part. Legs of male brown, the femora being almost 

 black ; in the female they are annulated, at any rate the femora. 



