22 F. P. SMITH ON THE BRITISH SPIDERS OF THE GENUS LYCOSA 



1841. Lycosa obscura, Bl., Trans. Linn. Soc, xviii., p. 611. 



1848. Leimonia jmllata, C. L. Koch, Die Arach., vol. xv., p. 25, 



pi. Dxi., 1431—1433. 

 1861. Lycosa pullata, Westr., Ar. Sitec, p. 501. 

 1861. ,, obscura, Bl., Spiel. G. B. I., p. 28, pi. ii., fig. 11 ; 



pi. iii., fig. 11. 

 1872. „ pullata, Thor., Rem. on Syn., p. 305. 

 1876. Pardosa „ Sim., Ar. de Finance, vol. iii., p. 332. 

 1881. Lycosa ,, Camb., Spid. Dorset, p. 376. 

 1892. ,, „ Kulcz.,^l?\ Hung.,xo\. i.,p. 57, tab. ii., fig. 15. 



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



Thoracic bands reddish brown, usually rather obscure : central 

 band narrow, sometimes slightly dilated anteriorly ; lateral 

 bands narrow, very near to the margins. Sternum of male 

 blackish brown, often with a narrow band in its fore-part ; of 

 female reddish brown, often with an obscure, pale, central band, 

 and, in well-marked specimens, with blackish bars running from 

 the margins, between the coxae, towards the centre. Legs, as a 

 rule, only very obscurely annulatecl ; femora suffused above with 

 black. 



This is a very common species and widely distributed in 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland, occurring under all sorts of 

 conditions. On the Continent it is also common, and has an 

 extensive range — North Scandinavia, Spain, Hungary, Bussia, 

 etc. Adult from April until September. 



Lycosa prativaga, L. Koch, 1870. 



(PI. 2, Fig. 9, a, b.) 



1867. Lycosa riparia, Ohl., Ar. Prov. Preuss., p. 134 (nom. praeoc). 

 1870. ,, prativaga, L. Koch, Jahrb. der K. K. Gelehr. Gesell. 



in Krakau, p. 43. 



1875. „ riparia, Camb., Ann. Mag. iV. //., ser. 4, vol. xvi., 



p. 257, pi. viii., fig. 11. 



1876. Pardosa jwativaga, Sim., Ar. de France, vol. iii., p. 333. 

 1881. Lycosa riparia, Camb., Sp>id. Dorset, p. 380. 



1881. ,, prativaga, „ ,, ,, p. 381. 



1892. ,, „ Kulcz., Ar. Hung., vol. i., p. 57, tab. ii., 



fig. 16. 



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



