388 Hentz^s Descriptions of the 



related to Aranea saccata of Europe. I have found in Ala- 

 bama a spider, which may not differ specifically from this, 

 which was larger and of a mouse color, with very indistinct 

 markings, except its legs, whicli agreed with the drawing ac- 

 companying this. Its cocoon, which it carried in the usual 

 way, was also of a bluish pale slate color, but it was lenticu- 

 lar, being composed of two concave plates of strong texture, 

 united loosely at the edge ; and it contained about sixty yel- 

 low eggs — notwithstanding the apparent difference, I refer it 

 to this species. It is probable, however, that future natural- 

 ists will define two or more species, which I may have con- 

 founded or referred to this description. 

 Habitat. The United States. 



6. LYCOSA ERRATICA. 

 Plate XVII. Fig. 8. 



Description. Brown or piceous ; cephalothorax with one 

 longitudinal blackish line each side ; abdomen witli a forked 

 longitudinal fascia and several spots black, a large black spot 

 underneath, sometimes a white spot surrounded with black ; 

 male the same. 



Observations. This species, which becomes very large, I 

 formerly supposed to be a variety of L. lenta ; but it was 

 always found wandering and never in holes ; I therefore con- 

 sider it as perfectly distinct, having been often seen, generally 

 running in the grass. 



Habitat. Massachusetts, Alabama. 



7. LYCOSA LITORALIS. 

 Plate XVII. Fi£7. 9. 



'a* 



Description. Livid white ; cephalothorax varied with livid 

 gray markings ; abdomen with a pale waved fascia ; feet and 

 palpi with some hairs, and with pale gray rings on all joints, 



4. iTy.'a. the 1st visibly longer than the 3d, the 3d full as long 

 if not longer than the 2d. 



