286 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THREE NEW LYCOSIDS. 



BY RALPH V. CHAMBERLINT, SALT LAKK CITV, UTAH. 



Brief preliminary descriptions of the following species are given in 

 order tiiat the names may be used in another place. 



Lycosa permunda, sp. nov. — ^. Cephalothorax dark brown; a pale 

 narrow median line extending backward from first eye row, widening 

 abruptly in front of dorsal groove, and then gradually narrowing to a point 

 at posterior margin ; a broad light-coloured marginal stripe on each side 

 not extending forward farther than the third eye row, its upper margin 

 coarsely dentate, the lower border broken by a i&w dark dots, but not 

 limited below by a continuous dark line or stripe at margin. Chelicerge 

 black. Labium and endites dark brown. Sternum dark brown, with a 

 yellow median line. Legs brown, darker distally ; beneath unmarked but 

 having a number of dark cross bars above on femora and posterior tibiae. 

 Abdomen above dark, having the usual lanceolate mark at base followed 

 by a*series of light coloured, chevron-formed transverse lines, each ending 

 on each side in a light dot ; sides yellowish brown, densely spotted with 

 black ; venter also yellowish brown, more sparsely covered with smaller 

 black dots, much as in helliio. 



Length, 22 mm. Length of cephalothorax, 10.7 mm.; width. 8 mm. 

 Length of leg iv., 30.3 mm. 



^ . — Coloured nearly like the 9 , but paler throughout. Marginal 

 stripes of cephalothorax not interrupted below by dark spots. Legs clear 

 brown, without any cross markings on any joints. Palpi yellowish brown 

 excepting tarsus, which is black. 



Length, 20 mm. Length of cephalothorax, 10 mm.; width, 7.5 mm. 

 Length of leg iv., 32.4 mm. 



Locality : Kansas. 



In general appearance the female resembles helluo, but is easily 

 separated by structure of epigynum and by various other characters. The 

 male is conspicuously different in its palpal organ and in size, proportion 

 and structure from those of related species. This form also might suggest 

 the vafra of Koch, but is not that species. 



Pirata nspirans, sp. nov. — 9 • Sides of cephalothorax dark brown, 

 crossed by radiating lines of black; a pale-coloured median band enclosing 

 in front the usual dark V-shaped mark ; a yellow airipe on each side 

 extending forward as far as third eye row, limited below by a marginal 

 black line ; clypeus yellow. Chelicer;^ reddish yellow. Labium yellow. 

 Endites yellow apically, dusky brown below. Sternum and coxaj of legs 



