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



1877. Lycosa agricola, Menge, Preuss. Spin., p. 541, pi. 88, tab. 



307. 

 1881. „ „ Camb., Spid. Dorset, p. 598. 



1892. „ „ Kulcz., Ar. Hung., vol. i., p. 55, tab. ii., 



fig. 11. 



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



Thoracic bands yellowish : central band narrow behind, but 

 somewhat dilated at its fore extremity just behind the ocular 

 area ; lateral bands broken up into several portions by broad 

 dark bars. Sternum with a narrow, pale, central, longitudinal 

 band in its anterior half. Legs distinctly annulated, especially 

 in the female. Tarsi of first pair of legs black, except at the 

 base, and those of the remaining legs yellowish or only tipped 



with black. 



This spider, which may be distinguished from L. arenicola, 

 Camb., by its smaller size and the strong anterior expansion of 

 the central thoracic band, is by no means rare, but apparently 

 very local. It occurs principally in mountainous districts, and 

 seems to have a predilection for the beds of dried-up streams 

 and the sandy areas exposed by the shrinkage of lakes in the 

 summer season. I have no record of its occurrence in the South 

 of England, but it has a wide geographical range, including 

 Ireland and Scotland, and extending as far as Scandinavia on 

 the north and Turkestan in the east. It is adult from May 

 until July. 



Lycosa agrestis, Westr., 1861. 



(PI. 1, Fig. 3.) 



1861. Lycosa agrestis, Westr., Ar. Suec., p. 480. 



1867. Pardosa arenaria, Ohl., Ar. Prov. Preuss., p. 136 (ad 



partem). 

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



in Krakau, p. 33. 

 1872. Lycosa agrestis, Thor., Rem. on Syn., p. 282. 

 1876. Pardosa „ Sim., Ar. de France, p. 315. 

 1879. Lycosa poecila (?), Herman, Ungarns Spinnenfauna. 

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

 1903. „ decipiens, Camb., Proc. Dors. F. Club, vol. xxiv., p. 



161, pi. A, fig. 11. 

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



