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Observations. This distinct species is always found near 

 water under boards, leaves, stones, &c., moving chiefly by 

 jumps, when escaping. Often observed in the same localities. 



Habitat. North Carolina. April. 



8. LYCOSA MARITDIA. 

 Plate XYII. Fig. 10. 



Description. Pale yellow, almost white ; cephalothorax with 

 faint indented lines ; abdomen with two longitudinal rows of 

 dots of a pale hue. 



Observations. This spider was found on the beach of Bear 



Island in the bay of St. Helena, South Carolina. Dr. Charles 



Pickering sent me one from Salem, informing me that it is 



'common in Massachusetts. It runs with great speed on the 



sand still wet with the ebbing w^ater of the ocean. 



Habitat. South Carolina, Massachusetts, and probably all 

 the Atlantic coast. 



9. LYCOSA ASPERSA. 

 Plate XVII. Fig. 11, 12. 



Description. Greenish obscure ; cephalothorax dark, ob- 

 scure, varied wath black marks and a few red lines about the 

 eyes ; cheliceres very large ; abdomen obscure, with small 

 black spots in three rows, varied with yellow and black in 

 wrinkles underneath, feet with black rings. 



Observations. Though it is excessively difficult to distin- 

 guish betw^een species and varieties in this subgenus, yet I 

 must consider this as distinct from L. riparia. It was found 

 on a barren hill at a great distance from water. 



Habitat. Alabama, September. 



LYCOSA RIPARIA. 

 Plate XVII. Fig. 13—15. 



Description. Brownish or greenish black ; cephalothorax 

 varied with blackish, with a narrowed yellowish line which 



