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



1872. Lycosa monticola, Thor., Bern, on Syn., p. 285. 



1876. Pardosa „ Sim., Ar. de France, vol. iii., p. 318. 



1879. Lycosa „ Menge, Preuss. Spin., p. 543, pi. 88, 



tab. 308. 

 1881. „ ,, Camb., Spid. Dorset, p. 388. 



1892. ,, ,, Kulcz., Ar. Hung., vol. i., p. 56. 



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



Thoracic bands yellow : central band very clearly defined, 

 running to a point both anteriorly and posteriorly ; lateral 

 bands rather narrow, continued round in front of the head, at 

 least in the female. Often, in the female, there is a second 

 extremely narrow, pale band just above each lateral margin. 

 Sternum of male black ; of female, furnished with broad central 

 and lateral pale bands, usually fairly well defined. Legs 

 yellowish, with dark markings on the femora. 



This is a fairly common spider in many parts of the country, 

 and seems to have rather a predilection for rich meadows at a 

 fairly high altitude. Adult from May until August. I have 

 records from many parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 

 Its Continental range is considerable — Scandinavia, France, 

 Italy, Hungary, etc. 



Lycosa purbeckensis, (F. Camb.), 1895. 



(PI. 1, Figs. 5, a, b. PI. 4, Fig. b.) 



1895. Pardosa purbeckensis, F. Camb., Ann. Mag. N. H., ser. 6., 

 vol. xv., p. 32, pi. iv., figs. 1, 4, 7 — 9. 



Length : male, 6 mm. ; female, 8*5 mm. 



Thoracic bands yellow : central band attenuated both an- 

 teriorly and posteriorly ; lateral bands narrow, continued round 

 the front of the caput. I have not seen, in the few specimens 

 which I have had an opportunity of examining, any additional 

 lateral bands near the margins, as in L. monticola, Sund. 

 Sternum of male with a narrow central, pale band in its fore- 

 part ; of female, with a central broad band and less distinct 

 lateral bands. Legs very hairy, brown above (in female, yellow 

 beneath), mottled and streaked with black, but not annulated. 

 Metatarsi of first pair in the male furnished with numerous very 

 long bristles. A very rare spider, apparently extremely local — 

 Poole Harbour, etc. Adult in late spring and early summer. 



