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tibia. The abdomen is light, with a few small spots at the 

 front end and three pairs of dark transverse bands on the hinder 

 half. The hairs are short and fine. The male has longer legs 

 and is marked in the same way, with 

 the spots on the abdomen larger and 

 extended farther forward. 



Xysticus limbatus. — This is one of 

 the largest species, the females reach- 

 ing a length of a third to half an inch 

 (figs. 89, 90). The thorax is one- 

 eighth of an inch wide and nearly as 

 long. The abdomen is a little wider 

 at the hinder end. The legs are short, 

 the longest about half an inch in 

 length. The whole body is hairy. 

 The color is brown, the markings 

 dark on a light ground, best shown 

 by the figures. The middle of the 

 head and thorax is more fully 

 covered by the dark markings than 

 in other species. There is great 

 variation in the color, and young 

 spiders are usually lighter than 

 adults. Adult males and- females in 

 and July. 



Xysticus gulosus. — This is a very distinct 

 species and less variable in markings than 

 limbatus and stomacJwsiis. The color is 

 brown or gray, with indistinct darker mark- 

 ings (figs. 91, 92). The whole body is 



covered with fine brown spots and has at the hinder end of the 

 thorax and on the legs traces of the same markings that show 

 more distinctly in stomachosus. There are a few transverse 



Figs. 89, 90. Xys- 

 ticus limbatus. — 

 89. female. 90, 

 male. Both en- 

 larged four times. 



