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between species and varieties in this subgenus, yet I must 

 consider this as distinct from L. riparia* It was found on a 

 barren hill at a great distance from water. 

 Habitat. Alabama. September. 



10. Lycosa riparia. 



PI. 3, figs. 13-15. 



Description. Brownish or greenish black ; cephalothorax 

 varied with blackish, with a narrowed yellowish line which 

 [390] reaches the tropin ; abdomen above with triangular black 

 spots more or less interrupted, and a row on each side of whit- 

 ish dots more distinct towards the apex, a tuft of black and of 

 white hairs at base in both sexes ; beneath testaceous or yellow, 

 speckled with dots, and a line and two spots near the base 

 sometimes wanting, black ; feet with black or greenish brown 

 rings. 4. 1. 2. '6. In the male the two rows of white dots on 

 the abdomen are arranged in the form of interrupted lines, and 

 the rings are obsolete on the feet, which are long, slender and 

 hairy. 



Observations. This common spider is aquatic in its habits, 

 always found near or on water, and diving with ease under the 

 surface, when threatened or pursued. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. All seasons. 



11. Lycosa punctulata. 



PI. 3, figs. 16, 17. 



Description. Pale rufous ; cephalothorax whitish or yellow- 

 ish, with four longitudinal blackish lines ; abdomen whitish or 

 yellowish, with a longitudinal band, blackish, whitish under- 

 neath, with many black dots. 



Observations. This spider, captured at Germantown, was 

 communicated to me by Dr. Charles Pickering. It was found 

 also in Alabama, in November, agreeing in every respect with 

 the description. It was a male also. A female was found 



