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Observations. This species is distinct from any other. It 

 was found wandering, and seems to be rare. 

 Habitat. North Alabama, April. 



14. Lycosa oereata. 

 PI. 4, fig. 5. 



Description. Obscure ; cephalothorax, with a broad, pale 

 longitudinal band, with a blackish edge ; abdomen blackish at 

 base, the black spreading each side, with a few black dots each 

 side towards the apex ; feet varied with brown or blackish ; 

 antepenult joint of the first pair large, black and hairy, the 

 intermediate one and the thigh black at tip ; feet, 4. 1. 2. 3. 

 A male. 



Observations. This species is not rare, in meadows, near 

 water. 



Habitat. North Carolina. [392.] 



[Marietta, O. d. Wm. Ilolden. j. u. e.] 



15. Lycosa venustula. 

 PI. 4, figs. G, 7. 



Description. Cephalothorax yellowish, with two bands and 

 edge black ; abdomen piceous, paler in the middle towards the 

 base, with a row T of abbreviated black lines approximating 

 towards the apex, pale gray underneath, with a row of minute 

 black dots each side approximating towards the apex ; feet 

 rufous. A middle size species. 



Observations. This spider is common on the ground, but 

 inasmuch as only males are found, it is likely it will ultimately 

 be referred to some other speeies ; which, I cannot tell. 



Habitat. Alabama. April. 



16. Lycosa milvina. 



PI. 4, fig. 8. 



Description. Pale yellowish; cephalothorax varied with 

 brownish ; abdomen brownish with a scalloped band, widening 



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