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Lycosa euepigynata n. sp. PI. XVIII, figs. 1, 2. 



(Numerous specimens from Austin, Texas.) 



Eyes. — First row equidistant from the clypeal margin and the second 

 row, shorter than the second (the middle points of its lateral ej^es fully 

 or almost as lateral as the middle points of the lateral eyes of the sec- 

 ond row), its middle eyes higher than and double the size of the lateral. 

 Eyes of second row largest, not quite their diameter apart. Eyes 

 of third row about one and a half times their diameter behind the 

 second row. Dorsal eye area about one-fifth the length of the 

 cephalothorax. Quadrilateral of the posterior eyes broader than long. 



Form. — Cephalothorax in front truncated nearly straight and in the 

 9 aljout one-half its greatest transverse diameter (less in the c?), high- 

 est between the posterior eyes and the dorsal groove. Sides of head 

 steep. Chelicera longer than the width of the clypeus, about 1.75 

 times the height of the head in front, with 3 pairs of teeth. ? palpal 

 claw with 4 teeth. Sternum longer than broad. Labium longer than 

 broad, truncated apically, not one-half the length of the maxillae. 

 Anterior spinnerets longest. Legs rather slender, metatarsus of IV 

 shorter than patella and tibia. Length of leg IV to cephalothorax, 

 d" 4.1 : 1, ? 3.5 : 1. 



Dimensions. d^ 9 



Cephalothorax, 6.5 7.3 



Abdomen, 7 10 



Leg I, 22 21.5 



Leg II, 20 19.8 ' 



Leg III, 19] 19 



Leg IV, 26 26 



Color (in alcohol). — Cephalothorax with a broad median buff band 

 arising at the posterior eyes and extending back (becoming gradually 

 broader) to just in front of the middle of the dorsum where it is as 

 broad as the eye area; just in front of the dorsal groove it is deeply 

 incised laterally, it expands around this groove (where it is broadest), 

 it is notched behind the groove and from there continues back as a 

 narrower band; this band usually contains two pairs of minute black 

 spots in its anterior third. On each side of this median band is a deep 

 brown or blackish band, in its middle wider than the median band and 

 with lobed lateral margins ; the posterior sides of the median band are 

 edged with deep black. Each cheek has a buff submarginal mark, and 

 the sides of the thorax have large submarginal marks of the same color 

 and of irregular shape, separated by lines of blackish radiating from the 

 dorsal groove. The anterior eye area is black; the extreme margin of 



