Superfamily Argiopoidea 



clature of them. Seven species are recognized in Banks's Cata- 

 logue of Near die Spiders; and I have placed here, provisionally, 

 another species. 



The Dark Dolomedes, Dolomedes tenebrosus (D. ten-e-bro'sus). 

 — This common species is one of the largest members of the 

 family; the specimen figured here (Fig. 694) is a female and 

 measures seven eighths inch in length. The following description 

 was made from a fresh specimen before it was placed in alcohol. 



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Fig. 694. DOLOMEDES TENEBROSUS 



The colours are light brown, gray, and black. The cephalothorax 

 is narrowly margined with black; within this narrow black margin 

 there is a broad band in which the brown hairs predominate; 

 this band extends on each side to the lateral angle of the clypeus, 

 but is interrupted by a black stripe below the eyes. The lower 

 part of this stripe is as wide as the clypeus, the upper part as wide 

 as the first row of eyes is long. The head, back of the eyes is 

 reddish. The central part of the thorax is dark. There is a 

 light spot in the outer end of each radial furrow. There are 



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