A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



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Lycosa Atlantica Marx ; Common Wolf -spider. Figures 220, 221. 



The color of this species is variable. In some of our specimens 

 preserved in formalin the cephalothorax is dusky or tawny brown, 

 with a narrow median sti'ipe of lighter brownish yellow, wider ante- 

 riorly, and a curved lateral stripe of the same color on each side and 

 of about the same width ; extreme margin edged with a narrow 

 black line ; abdomen brownish black thickly covered with short 

 black hairs, and with a faint median stripe of pale brown anteriorly, 



220 



221 



Figure 220. — Wolf-spider (Lycosa Atlantica'); dorsal view; xl|; phot, by 

 A. H. V. Figure 221. — The same; epigynum ; after Marx. 



more visible while wet, and sometimes divided by a median dark 

 stripe ; often, also, a pale lateral line on each side ; sometimes the 

 pale dorsal abdominal streak is forked anteriorly, enclosing a forked 

 black streak, which encloses a short median yellow streak or spot. 

 Frequently the abdomen is plain blackish or smoky brown, or dark 

 gray. Length of body 10-1 -i mm . 



Lycosa, sp.; Brown Wolf-spider. 



A large, nearly plain, tawny-brown species with many small, indis- 

 tinct, dark roundish spots on the abdomen ; legs plain orange-brown, 

 with reddish joints ; cephalothorax and abdomen blackish below. 

 Length about 38-40 ram . 



Wala vernalis Peckham ; Little Brown Jumping Spider. 



Cephalothorax plain tawny or rufous-brown ; abdomen plain light 

 yellowish brown ; legs similar to abdomen in color except the stouter 

 anterior pair, which are rufous-brown, like the cephalothorax ; no 

 bands on the legs. Length of female about 6 mm . 



