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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



the cephalothorax and abdomen are less distinct and more 

 broken and irregular. The epigynum (fig. 195) has a character- 

 istic shape different from any of the allied species, the two 

 anterior depressions being wide apart and the middle ridge 

 narrow and rounded at the end. The male palpi (fig. 196) are 

 rather slender, as in lapidicina, and uniformly colored, and all 

 the differences between the sexes are less strongly marked 

 than in nigropalpis and a/do- \ patella. 



Pardosa pallida. — One-fifth 

 of an inch long and brightly 

 marked with black 

 and brown on a light 

 yellow ground (figs. 

 197, 199). The 

 cephalothorax is nar- 

 rower than in most 

 species. The ceph- 

 alothorax has two 

 wide gray stripes 

 and a fine black line 

 on the edge at each side. 

 The abdomen has the middle 

 pointed stripe light brown 

 with a broken black edge. 

 On each side is a black band, 

 made up of spots closer toward 

 the middle and more scattered 

 toward the sides. The legs are light yellow, with a few black 

 spots near the body. The spines of the legs are long but 

 not dark colored. On the under side there are dark spots on 

 the sternum near the base of each leg, and sometimes two rows 

 of spots or two bands nearer the middle. On the under side 

 of the abdomen are two black stripes, sometimes connected 



