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17. LYCOSA FUXEREA. 

 Plate XVIII. Fig. II. 



Description. Cephalothorax blackish ; abdomen with four 

 approximate spots and four bent lines yellowish ; feet varied 

 with rufous and blackish. A small species. 



Observations. This species abounds on the ground. It 

 has the habitus of a Herpyllus, and runs with great rapidity. 

 The male and the female were often found agreeing with the 

 description. 



Habitat. Alabama. May. 



Genus. Ctenus. Walck. 



Characters. Cheliceres large, fangs moderately large ; max- 

 illae short, parallel, cut obliquely at tip ; lip about half the 

 length of the maxillce, pointed ; eyes eight, unequal, in three 

 roii's, two eyes of middle size form the lowest row, intermediate 

 row composed of four eyes, the two middle ones largest, the two 

 external ones smallest ; last row formed of two large eyes, 

 borne on tubercles and placed farther apart than those of the 

 middle row ; feet, fourth pair longest, then the first, then the 

 second, the third beins: shortest. 



Habits. Arane'ides wandering for prey, making no web 

 for a dwelling. 



Observations. This subgenus seems to be related to Lyco- 



SA and DoLOMEDES. 



1. CTENUS HYBERXALIS. 

 Plate XIX. Fig. 1—4. 



Description. Deep rufous ; cephalothorax black above with 

 a longitudinal yellowish band ; abdomen black, with a ser- 

 rated longitudinal yellow band above, and with four diagonal 

 lines of minute yellow dots beneath. 



Observations. This was found in a cavity in the ground in 

 the month of January. 



Habitat. South Alabama. 



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