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Length of leg III, 11.4 mm. 



Length of leg IV, 15.8 mm. ; tib. + pat., 4.9 mm. ; met., 4.6 mm. 

 Locality. — Canada (Alberta) !. 



The types are two females collected by J. B. Tyrrell in IS86, and from 

 these the description above was made. 



Lycosa rubicunda (Keys.), 1876. 



Female. — Cephalothorax with a light brown median band which 

 expands anteriorly so as to enclose the eye area, than which it is much 

 wider ant^riorl}- ; reaching front margin of clypeus; behind eyes it 

 narrows rapidly, running almost to a point at dorsal groove, here 

 usually sending out a narrow branch on each side and behind continu- 

 ing as a narrow line to end of cephalothorax. Pubescence of median 

 band light or yellowish brown, rather sparse. Sides of cephalothorax 

 dark reddish brown, pubescence sparse; a marginal light band each 

 side, of same color and pubescence as median band. Sometimes 

 uniform in color, without distinct markings. Cephalothorax appearing 

 polished even when not rubbed because of sparseness of pubescence. 

 Chelicene dark reddish brown clothed with moderately long brown 

 pubescence. Labium and endites brown, light distally. Sternum and 

 coxte of legs beneath brown. Legs brown, paler beneath, usually with 

 dark annuli which are obscure or absent beneath but distinct above. 

 Abdomen with yellowish-brown and black pubescence ; at base a lanceo- 

 late outline reaching to middle, from each side giving off latero-caudally 

 a series of dark lines and followed behind by a series of chevron-marks; 

 sides of dorsum with numerous dark dots and dashes; venter grayish 

 brown with some dark spots and a narrow dark median line extending 

 from spinnerets forward and widening in front to enclose the epigynum 

 and sometimes also widening about spinnerets. Spinnerets yellowish. 

 Epigynum reddish brown. 



Cephalothorax high, with the sides steep; rather narrow, the sides 

 beliind not strongly bulging. Pars cephalica long; in profile line of 

 dorsum conspicuously arched, rounded in front, the highest point 

 behind eyes of third row. Face low, in height considerably less than 

 half the length of the chelicerie; sides of face convex, widely slanting. 



First eye row clearly longer than second, slightly recurved; anterior 

 median eyes less than their radius apart, half as far from the smaller 

 lateral eyes ; anterior lateral eyes their diameter from front margin of 

 clypeus, less than their diameter from eyes of second row; eyes of 

 second row about half their diameter apart, a little farther from the 

 but little smaller eyes of third row, which are fully four times as far 



