192 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [^^ay, 



Pardosa distincta (Blackwall), 1846. 



(Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, pp. .32, 33.) 



Female 6 mm. long; light yellow with brown markings. 



The cephalothorax has two wide brown longitudinal stripes united at 

 the front of the head where they are nearly black, and a fine dark line 

 each side next the legs. The sides of the abdomen are brown, with a 

 very distinct light spot over the dorsal vessel, and a row of transverse 

 light spots behind. The sternum is brown with a light spot in the 

 middle. The abdomen is light beneath with a narrow brown stripe 

 half its length on each side. The epigynum is bright orange brown, 

 and the front pair of spinnerets are black. The legs are spotted with 

 brown, the spots sometimes grouped in rings; the tibiae are the darkest 

 parts of the legs. 



The epigynum has the guide short and wide, but this part is trans- 

 parent and the overlapping sides are not easily seen, so that it aj)- 

 pears narrow. (PI. XV, fig. 8.) 



In the male the cephalothorax and abdomen are darker, and the legs 

 lighter except at the base, where the upper sides of the coxae and part 

 of the femora are darker than in the female. The head and palpi are 

 black, with the patella and tibia a little lighter on top and probabl}^ 

 having some light hairs when alive. 



The male palpi are large, the tarsus being about as long as tibia and 

 patella. The palpal organ is dark colored and projects a little from 

 the bowl of the tarsus. The basal hook is rounded in the middle and 

 curves in a hook toward the base. (PI. XV, fig. 9.) 



This species is about the same size and color as P. pallida Emerton of 

 New England. The sternum is dark with a light median stripe on its 

 front half, while in pallida the sternum is light with four dark lines or 

 rows of spots converging behind . In the males the palpi, mandibles and 

 maxillae are darker than in pallida. The epigynum resembles that of 

 pallida, but is shorter and wider. The male palpi have the scopus 

 short and turned down at the point, while in pallida it is long and 

 slender, and extends across the whole width of palpus. (Emerton.) 



Svn. — 1894. Pardosa luteola Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. 9, p. 427 

 " PI. 3, fig. 7. 



Locality. — Canada. 



Pardosa californica Keyserling, 1887. 



(Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 37, p. 483, PI. 6, fig. 44.) 

 Female (type). — Sides of cephalothorax dark brown, the eye region 

 black; a ihedian light yellowish brown band of the usual dagger shape, 



