72 NATHAN BANKS. 



LYCOSIDiE. 



L.y<'Osa floridana nov. sp. — Length 14 mm. long, 4 mm. broad; tibia, 

 j)liis piitella i, (> iiini. ; tibia plus patella iv, 7 mm. Cephalothorax dark brown, 

 two pale lines on pars cepbalica and a white interrupted line on each side above 

 the margin; mandibles black; sternum pale yellowish, with a median black 

 stripe ; femora yellowish brown, rest of legs darker, sometimes indistinctly 

 banded ou posterior tibiae. Abdomen black above, with small, scattered white 

 dots; venter pale, with a darker central stripe; first row of eyes procurved, eyes 

 of second row hardly their diameter apart, and about the same distance from the 

 slightly smaller eyes of the third row ; three pairs of spines under tibia i, two 

 pairs under metatarsus i ; sternum oval ; abdomen quite slender, cylindrical ; the 

 epigynum consists of a rounded cavity, a little longer than broad, in which there 

 is an inverted T-shaped septum, much the broadest in front, somewhat like L. 

 pratensis. 



One specimen, Punta Gorda, Fla. (Mrs. A. T. Slosson). 



Ti'ochosa floridaiia nov. sp. — Length 6.5 mm., ceph. 3 mm. long. 2.1 

 mm. broad ; tibia plus patella i, 2.4 mm. : tibia, plus patella iv, 3 mm. ; the ceph- 

 alothorax is pale yellowish, with black spots around the eyes, a brown irregular 

 stripe each side, leaving the pale central area about as broad behind as in front ; 

 mandibles red-brown ; sternum and legs pale yellowish, indistinct darker bands 

 on patellae, bases and tips of tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi yellowish brown. Abdo- 

 men whitish, with an indistinct yellowish basal spear-ma.-k and a broad irregular 

 black stripe on each upper side, behind the basal third this is broken up into 

 spots; region of epigynum pale red-brown; cephalothorax and head low. sides 

 convexly sloping; first row of eyes as long as the second, straight, all close to- 

 gether ; eyes of second row much less than their diameter apart ; dorsal eyes much 

 closer together than usual, not farther from each other than from the slightly 

 larger second eyes; mandibles long and stout; sternum but little longer than 

 broad, rounded. Legs short, three paii-s of spines under tibiae and metatarsi ; 

 abdomen once and two-thirds as long as broad ; the epigynum shows only as a 

 concave transverse ridge. 



Two s|)eciinens, Punta Gonla, Fla. (Mrs. A. T. Slosson;. 



OXYOPID^. 



O.xyopes conipacta nov. sp. — Length 6 mm., ceph. 2.7 mm. long. 2 mm. 

 broad. The cephalothorax is dark brown, a vertical white spot on the center of 

 clypeus; mandibles dark brown, with a pale line; sternum dark brown, pale in 

 center ; coxae pale. Legs pale, the femora, except base, infuscated ; patellae brown, 

 brown bands on base, middle and tip of tibiae and metatarsi. Abdomen dark 

 brown, paler on lower sides; a broad dark brown stripe on venter; everywhere 

 clothed with white scales, those on posterior middle of abdomen somewhat rufous 

 and on each side of abdomen above above they form two or three oblique white 

 lines, and on cephalothorax an indistinct central stripe ; cephalothorax highest 

 in eye-region, slightly concave behind ; p. m. e. about two and a half times their 

 diameter apart; legs moderately long, with long spines ; sternum somewhat oval ; 

 abdcjmen one and a half times longer than broad, broadest near base, tapering 

 and blunt pointed behind ; the epigynum consists of a cavity twice as wide as 



