488 J. II. Mnerton — N'ew Ewjland Lycosiclce. 



(jst at tliu i'roiit end. TIiu iiKiiulibles iirc covered with light gray 

 hairs on the IVout. 



Two oUl I'eiuales taken at New Haven, Conn., Oct. 4tli, had all the 

 colors faded to nearly uniform darJ< l)rown, the dark parts lighter 

 and the light parts darker than in younger individuals and the hairs 

 on the legs shorter. 



The epigynuni is 'J'-shaped, with the cross piece short and thick. 



The males are a little smaller than the females. The palpal or- 

 gans resemble those of liueuta, but the tube is shorter and the 

 terminal process which supports it is short and thick and tapers to a 

 narrow point. 



This species makes holes six inches to a foot deep, lined with silk 

 and with a ring of iubl)isli fastened together with silk around the 

 mouth. The hal)its are described by Scudder in Psyche, vol. ii, p. 2 ; 

 George Marx in Am. Naturalist, May, 1881 ; and H. C. McCook in 

 Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., June, 1883. 



Albany, N. Y.; New Haven, Conn.; Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard 

 and Nantucket, Mass.; Long Island, usually in sandy fields. 



Lycosa cinerea F. 



Plate XLVII, fiuuuks 3, Bd, 'ih. 



Male, 13""" long; 1st leg, 18"'"' ; 4th leg, 23"""; palpi, s"'"'. 



The cephalothorax is yellowish white with indistinct radiating 

 markings about the dorsal groove. The space between the eyes is 

 black. The legs are whitish with indistinct brownish rings and 

 black spines. The ends of the legs and [)alpi are darker. The abdo- 

 men is white with irregular gray markings. The mandibles are dark 

 brown. The under side of the whole body is yellowish white. The 

 whole body is covered with long white or gray hairs. 



The male palpi are long. The tarsus is slender and pointed and 

 twice as long as the i)alpal organ, which is small and closely folded 

 together. 



On sandy iields anil beaches. Eastern JNlassachusetts; Maltha's 

 Vineyard; New Haven, Conn.; Indianapolis, Iiuliana. It has several 

 times been fouiul on beaches where it appeared to have been covered 

 by the tide. It is also a common spider in Kurope. 



Lycosa nigroventris, new. 



PhATK XLVII, I'MCIUKIOS 5, Scf, 5^. 



Length, 12"'"'. Cephalothorax, G""" ; 4th leg, 20""". Colors gray and 

 dark brown. In the middle of the cephalothorax is a straight gray 



