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other markings. Chelicerae and anterior face of head black. Ab- 

 domen dark grey or blackish over the sides, the intervening dorsal 

 region with a background of reddish brown and showing a spear- 

 mark outlined in black at base and followed by chevron lines extend- 

 ing on each side into the black of the sides ; venter brown to brownish 

 yellow, sometimes dusky but without definite markings. 



Anterior row of eyes obviously shorter than the second, plainly 

 procurved, eyes equidistant, the medians much the larger. 



LoAver margin of furrow of chelicera with three stout teeth. 



Tibiae III and IV with two median dorsal spines. 



Epigynum with median piece inversely T-shaped, with the cross 

 piece depressed so as to be much dorsad of the level of the portions 

 of the epigynal plate bordering it laterally and anteriorly. See 

 Plate 6, figure 44. 



Length, 12 mm.; cephalothorax, 6.2 mm.; tibia and patella I, 5.4 

 mm. ; tibia and patella IV, 6 mm. 



Locality. — ^Louisiana: Talisheek. Six females taken March 4, 

 1920, by H. E. Hubert. 



Type.—C2it. No. 1014, M. C. Z. 



Paratypes.— Cut. No. 1015, M. C. Z., and in the collection of H. E. 

 Hubert. 



LYCOSA ACOMPA, new species. 

 Plate C, fig. 45. 



Female. — Carapace chocolate-colored on the sides, with a wide 

 median dorsal stripe of lighter color, the integument showing no 

 distinct lateral light bands. Sternum chocolate-colored. Legs 

 brown, the tibiae and metatarsi, particularly of the posterior pairs, 

 rather vaguely annulate with dark. Abdomen with dorsum grey, 

 showing a dark spear-shaped outline at base with indistinct dark 

 lines and dots behind; sides and venter darker. 



Anterior row of eyes slightly procurved, shorter than the second, 

 the median eyes only a little exceeding the laterals in size. 



Lower margin of furrow of chelicera with three stout teeth. 



Tibiae III and IV with the usual two median dorsal spines, and 

 the spining of anterior tibiae normal. 



Septal piece of epigynum inverted T-shaped with the median part 

 strongly widened cephalad (pi. 6, fig. 45). 



Length, 8.2 mm. ; cephalothorax, 4 mm. ; tibia and patella I, 3.33 

 mm. ; tibia and patella IV, 3.58 mm. 



Locality. — Louisiana : New Orleans. One female taken in March. 

 H. E. Hubert. 



Type.—Csit No. 1016, M. C. Z. 



