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tooth; inferior margin armed with four teeth, and of these the 

 two near the apex are the largest, the third one about half the 

 size of the latter, and the fourth smaller still. 



Maxilhe moderately long, robust, arched, glossy, clothed with 

 yellowish hairs, outer angles constricted near the middle. 



Labium concolorous, rather longer than broad, convex, glossy, 

 constricted near the base, obtusely truncated at apex, moderately 

 hairy. 



Sternum shield-shaped, smooth, glossy, moderately pilose, some- 

 what convex, yellow, sides and apex surrounded with a broad 

 pallid band. 



Abdomen obovate, slightly projecting over base of cephalothorax, 

 densely pilose, yellowish, ornamented near anterior extremity 

 with two large dark brown spots, widely separated from each 

 other; below these, and at about the centre, there are two other 

 dark brown spots, equally as larger but wider apart; below these 

 again there are two others, smaller, less distinct, and equally as 

 wide apart; between the latter two, a prominent dark line com- 

 mences, and this terminates near the region of the spinnerets; it 

 is broadest at its commencement, tapering, and uneven in outline; 

 the sides have a number of indistinct brown markings and spots; 

 beneath, laterally, the colour is yellowish, but the median region, 

 commencing at the epigastric fold, is tawny, gradually softening 

 into pale yellow as the spinnerets are approached. 



Epigyne obscured with hairs, but the form is oblong, flat,, 

 grooved laterally and posteriorly, and somewhat u-shaped. 



Family LYCOSID^. 



Genus L y c o s a, Latr. 

 18. Lycosa c^nosa, sp.nov. 



(Plate XXV., tig. 6.) 



9. Cephalothorax 7 "3 mm. long, 5 "5 mm. broad ; abdomen 

 10-1 mm. long, 6'7 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax obovate, arched, dark brown, with broad yellow 

 median and lateral bands, the margins of which are uneven. 



