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same color underneath, with very minute black dots on the 

 abdomen ; legs brownish with some blackish lines. Male 

 with the first pair of legs mostly black, and part of the fourth 

 pair also black underneath. 



Observations. This common and very distinct species at- 

 tains a very large stature. It is most commonly found wan- 

 dering in quest of prey, and like Lycosa saltairix, carries 

 its cocoon attached to the abdomen behind. The cocoon is 

 very large, spherical and whitish, containing from one hundred 

 and fifty to two hundred eggs, which hatch before the cocoon 

 is opened. The yellow spots on the abdomen seem to be 

 wanting in the young. Habitat. Alabama. 



13. LYCOSA SAGITTATA. 

 Plate XVIII. Fig. 3, 4. 



Description. Yellowish brown ; cephalothorax with a pale 

 longitudinal band ; abdomen dusky also, with a pale band 

 with angular edges, whitish underneath, with minute black 

 dots and two curved black bands which join together at base 

 and at the apex where they spread out ; pulmonary region 

 brownish ; feet varied with blackish. 



Observations. This species is distinct from any other. It 

 was found wandering, and seems to be rare. 



Habitat. North Alabama. April. • 



13. LYCOSA OCREATA. 

 Plate XVIII. Fig. 5. 



Description. Obscure ; cephalothorax, with a broad, pale 

 longitudinal band, with a blackish edge ; abdomen blackish 

 at base, the black spreading each side, with a few black dots 

 each side towards the apex ; feet varied with brown or black- 

 ish ; antepenult joint of the first pair large, black and hairy, 

 the intermediate one and the thigh black at tip ; feet, 4. iTsn. 

 A male. 



Observations. This species is not rare, in meadows, near 

 water. Habitat. North Carolina. 



