little known as indigenous to Great Britain. 119 



13. Lycos a picta. 



Lycosa picta. Hahn, Die Arachn. b. i. p. 106. tab. xxvii. fig. /9. 



M. Walckenaer, regarding this handsome spider as identical with Lycosa 

 allodroma, has placed the name given to it by Hahn among the synonyma of 

 that species (Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. i. p. 330.). Of the specific distinct- 

 ness of Lycosa picta, however, no doubt can be entertained by those observers 

 who have had an opportunity of inspecting adult individuals. It is found in 

 Cheshire and Denbighshire, frequenting sandy districts on the sea coast 



14. Lycosa lugubris. 



Lycosa lugubris. Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. i. p. 329. 



Lycosa sylvicultrix. Koch, Die Arachn. b. iii. p. 25. tab. Ixxxii. fig. 182, 183. 



The description of Lycosa lugubris given by M. Walckenaer is applicable to 

 the male only, which differs greatly from the female in size and colour. Among 

 the synonyma of this species he has included the Lycosa mcridiana of Hahn 

 (Die Arachn. b. i. p. 20. tab. v. fig. 16.) ; a spider decidedly superior to it in 

 size and unlike it in colour, and has placed the Lycosa sylvicultrix of Koch, 

 which is identical with Lycosa lugubris, among the synonyma of Lycosa vorax 

 (Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. i. p. 313). 



Lycosa lugubris abounds in the woods of Denbighshire and Caernarvonshire ; 

 the sexes pair in April and May, and in the latter month the female deposits 

 about 50 spherical eggs of a pale yellow colour, not agglutinated together, in 

 a cocoon of a lenticular form and compact texture, composed of silk of a dull 

 greenish or yellowish-brown colour, and measuring \t\\ of an inch in diameter: 

 it is encircled by a whitish zone of a slight texture, and is attached to the spin- 

 ners- of the female. When the young quit the cocoon they pass through an 

 opening which takes place in the zone and ascend the body of the mother. 



15. Lycosa pallida. 



Lycosa pallida. Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. i. p. 334. 



This spider is of frequent occurrence on the banks of rivers in Denbighshire 

 and Caernarvonshire ; it pairs in May, in which month and in June the female 

 deposits about 60 pale yellow eggs of a spherical figure, not agglutinated to- 



