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Observations. This common and powerful species is found 

 wandering in fields, attacking and subduing very large insects. 

 The female carries her young on her back, which gives her a 

 horrible appearance. If caught or wounded, the little ones 

 escape rapidly in all directions ; but the mother is faithful to 

 her duties, and defends her progeny while life endures. It 

 hides under stones, losfs, d:c. 



Habitat. Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, etc. 



4. LYCOSA RURICOLA. 

 Plate XVII. Fig. 5, 6. 



Description. Pale or livid testaceous, cephalothorax with 

 black marks, two large ones at base ; cheliceres black with 

 yellow hair at base ; abdomen varied with black marks and 

 pale dots above, a large black spot underneath ; feet with 

 indistinct livid rings. 



Observations. A male and a female of this species were 

 found with a white spot in the middle of the black one on the 

 venter, but as the marking differed somewhat from the above, 

 they may constitute a different species. They are always 

 found wandering on the ground. 



Habitat. Carolina, Alabama. October, November. 



5. LYCOSA SALTATRIX. 

 Plate XVII. Fig. 7. 



Description. Piceous, cephalothorax with two darker lon- 

 gitudinal bands ; abdomen plumbeous or mouse colored, with 

 four dark points and a pale longitudinal line ; legs hairy, with 

 many dark bands. Male inclining to a rufous tinge. 



Observations. This small spider, first found in South Caro- 

 lina, runs about on the ground, the female carrying her cocoon 

 attached to the hinder part of her abdomen. When deprived 

 of it, she remains near; and, if allowed, she grasps it in her 

 cheliceres and carries it oti. The cocoon, of a slate color, is 

 orbicular, and contains about fifteen eggs. This is probably 



