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2. Lycosa (Tarantula) Carolinensis ? Bosc. M. S. 

 PI. 2, fig. 9. 



Description. Mouse-colored ; cephalothorax with an in- 

 dented blackish mark at base ; cheliceres covered with rufous 

 hairs in front, and with a red elevation ; abdomen with several 

 whitish dots and angular transverse lines on the disk, sides 

 nearly white ; beneath, usually quite black, except the legs, 

 [231] which are whitish, the joints tipped with black. Male 

 with nearly the same marks, very black beneath. Attains a 

 very large size. 



Observations. This spider has the same habits as L. fatifera y 

 making deep excavations in the ground. It is frequently found 

 under stones, and possibly it is in such places, nearer the sur- 

 face, that the eggs are hatched. The female carries her young 

 on her back, presenting a hideous aspect, being then apparently 

 covered with animated warts. The little monsters have the 

 instinct, if the mother is much disturbed, to escape and scatter 

 in all directions. The male, not unfrequently of an enormous 

 size, is often found wandering in October and November, in 

 Alabama, and sometimes enters houses. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Georgia, North Alabama. 



[<?, cephalothorax, 13.2 ram.; legs, 31, 28, 27, 36. 



9, " 10.4 mm.; " 33,30,26.6,35.2. 



Palpus of d\ PI. 18, fig. 3. 

 Essex County, Mass., 6 and ?. 

 Worcester, Mass., October, d. F. G. Sanborn. 

 Mt. Desert, Me. S. Henshaw. 

 Ohio, d", ?. W. Holden. J. h. e.] 



[From the Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv, 386. Art. xxxi.] 



3. Lycosa lenta. 

 PI. 3, figs. 1-4. 



Description. Piceous, hairy; cephalothorax with a waved 

 fascia of a dark color, and several pale marks. Abdomen with 



