3ft Mr. J, Blackwall on new species of 



ing along eacli side and the middle. Intermediate eyes of the 

 anterior row rather larger than the exterior ones ; anterior eyes 

 of the quadrilateral the largest of the eight. Legs long, robust, 

 provided with hairs and sessile spines ; fourth pair the longest, 

 then the first, third pair the shortest ; they are of a reddish brown 

 colour., The palpi resemble the legs in colour. Abdomen thickly 

 covered with hairs, oviform, rather larger at the posterior than at 

 the anterior extremity, convex above, projecting over the base of 

 the cephalo-thorax ; it is of a dark brown colour mottled with gray 

 on the sides and upper part, a large gray band extending along 

 the middle of the latter and tapering to the spinners ; this band 

 comprises in its anterior part a large, rhomboidal, dark brown 

 figure, bifid at its posterior extremity, between which and the 

 spinners are several transverse, curved lines of the same colour ; 

 under part dark brown. Sexual organs and plates of the spiracles 

 reddish brown. 



Lycosa propinqua, though nearly allied to Lycosa andrenivora^ 

 appears to be distinct from that species. ^^ 



' •iuriuii.g^ Lucosa distincta. .^ 



Length of the female :|th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax ^ ; breadth y ^ ; breadth of the abdomen ^ ; length of a 

 posterior leg | ; length of a leg of the third pair f . 



Cephalo-thorax hairy, compressed before, depressed on the 

 sides and at the posterior part, with a narrow indentation in the 

 medial line ; its colour is dark brown, with a broad yellowish 

 brown band extending along the middle, which commences at 

 the posterior pair of eyes, presents an irregular outline, and is 

 narrower at its posterior than at its anterior extremity ; a broad 

 longitudinal band on each side, and the frontal margin are of the 

 same hue as the medial band. Intermediate eyes of the anterior, > 

 row rather larger than the exterior ones ; anterior eyes of th^^,* 

 quadrilateral the largest of the eight. Mandibles conical, verr,, ^ 

 tical, and armed with teeth on the inner surface : maxillse straight,.^ 

 gradually enlarged to the extremity, which is rounded : lip 

 nearly quadrate, being rather broader at the base than at the 

 apex : these parts are yellowish brown, the lip being much the 

 darkest. Sternum heart-shaped, dark brown, vdth numerous,, 

 whitish hairs. Legs long, provided with hairs and sessile spines f., j 

 fourth pair the longest, then the first, third pair very little 

 shorter than the second ; they are yellowish brown spotted with 

 black. The palpi resemble the legs in colour. Abdomen thickly 

 covered with hairs, oviform, convex above, projecting over the 

 base of the cephalo-thorax ; it is brown, with a large band of 

 yellowish brown along the middle, which is marked with some 

 minute brown spots, and is intersected by several slightly curved 



