492 J. JT. Emerton — Nein England Lycosidm. 



Pirata Snd. 



The front row of eyes nearly straight. The second eyes very 

 large and not more than tlieir diameter apart, usually nearer to- 

 gether. The hinder eyes are farther forward and wider apart than 

 in Lycosa. The hinder spinnei-ets are twice as long as the front pair. 

 The thorax is usually marked hy a median light stripe, which spreads 

 into three toward the eyes. The dark lateral areas are more or less 

 brok(Mi by radiating light lines. 



Pirata piraticus cierck. 



Plate XLVIII, figures 1, 7a, 7ft, 7c, Id. 

 ■ Length of female, 7-5'""'; cephalothorax, 3-5'""^ long, 2-5"'™ wide. 



Yellow, with black or gray markings. The cephalothorax has a 

 light narrow line in the middle and one on each side a short distance 

 from the edge. In the middle of the front of the abdomen is a black- 

 edged stripe which tapers backward to a point or fine line beyond 

 the middle. On the sides of this are light stripes which unite into a 

 single middle line, behind and outside of these a row of dark marks 

 which extend down the sides, becoming gradually narrower. The legs 

 and the under side of the body are light yellow. The mandibles are 

 brown and the eyes are surrounded by black. The front row of eyes 

 is of the same length as the second row, and the four eyes are nearly 

 of the same size. The second row of eyes are large and about their 

 diameter apart. 



The epigyiium has a small triangular opening behind, within which 

 two round holes are visible; in front of tlie opening is a round swell- 

 ing over the epigynum. 



The males are a little smaller and brighter than the females. 



The middle process of the palpal organ is large, wide at the base 

 an<l ends in front in a sharp hook. 



Salem, Massachusetts ; New Haven, Conn. ; in wet fields and un- 

 der leaves in winter. 



Pirata insularis, new. 



Plate XLVIII, figures 8, Sn. 



Length of female, 8""" ; cephalothorax, 3-3""" long; 4th leg, KV'"". 



C'Olors dirty white and gray, somewhat like Te(/enaria medicinalis. 

 in the middle of the cephalothorax is a light line from the eyes to 

 1,h(> <lorsal groove. Two light lines extend from the hind eyes back- 

 ward an<l unite into one behind tlu; dorsal groove. At the sides are 

 two other light lines. The abdomen has :i liglil middle stripe on the 



