Superfamily Argiopoidea 



(Fig. 686, ex. a); the cuticle is almost always furnished with 

 appressed plumose hairs; and in all forms in our fauna the two 

 pieces of the lorum of the pedicle are either united by a transverse 

 suture (Fig. 687), or the anterior piece is furnished with a notch 

 behind into which a projection of the posterior piece fits (Fig. 688). 



Fig. 685. TROCHANTER OF A 

 HIND LEG OF DOLOMEDES 



ex-a.-- 



Fig. 686. I'M. ITS ()I •'THE M U.E 

 OF DOLOMEDES FON I AM - 



Fig. 687. 

 LORUM OF PISAURIXA 



I 688 

 LORUM OF DOLOMEDES 



The palpus of the male of Dolomedes fontanus (Fig. 686) is 

 described in detail on page 1 18. 



If only the species of our fauna be considered, a striking 

 difference in habits between the Lycosidae and the Pisauridae is 



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