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2. Filistata capitata. 

 PL 2, fig. 7. cf. 



Description. Dusky brown ; eyes much elevated, cephalo- 

 thorax with a deep longitudinal impression, beginning above 

 the eyes and not reaching the base ; cheliceres not closely ar- 

 ticulated together ; abdomen and feet with short hairs. 



Observations. This species, communicated to me by Mr. 

 Thomas R. Dutton, was brought by him from Georgia, where 

 it inhabits crevices like Filistata hibemalis. No females were, 

 brouo-ht. It is strange that its cheliceres are not joined to- 

 geth'er as in that species. The tropin in other respects corres- 

 pond entirely with it. 



Habitat. Georgia. 



[Mayport, Florida. <S. Win. Holden. J. h. e.] 



Genus. Lycosa. Latr. 



Characters. Cheliceres large, fangs moderate ; maxillce short, 

 parallel, cut obliquely at the tip ; lip short, slightly emarginate at 

 tlw u/>per edge, which is slightly narrower than the base; eyes 

 eight, unequal, four small placed anteriorly hi a straight or 

 slightly curved line, two large placed above the two external ones 

 of the first line, tiro of middle size placed farther out towards 

 tin- base <uid nearly firming a square with the intermediate ones ; 

 feet, 4. 1. 2. 3. 



Habits. Araneides making no web, wandering for prey, 

 hiding under stones and frequently making holes in the ground 

 in which they dwell, making at the orifice a ring of silk, form- 

 ing a consolidated entrance ; cocoon usually orbicular, often 

 carried about by the mother, the young borne on the back of 

 her abdomen. 



Observations. The subgenus Lycosa is not variable in its 

 characters like Dolomedes. The lower row of eyes is straight 

 in sonic species and more or less curved in others, but I could 

 not avail myself of this to make any satisfactory subdivision. 



