BIOLOGICAL PAPERS. 191 



Lycosa pratensis Emerton. 



Lycosa pratensis Emerton. Trans. Conn. Acad., VI, 1885, p. 483. 

 Taken occasionally in the fall and spring about Manhattan. 

 Lycosa fatifera Hentz. 



Lycosa fatifera Hentz. Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., IV, 1842, p. 229. 



Specimens taken from burrows atDelphos, June 30. Not so common as the 

 other two burrowing species, L. carolinensis and L. nidicola. This is 

 undoubtedly the same species as Banks's L. missouriensis. 

 Lycosa coloradensis Banks. 



Lycosa coloradensis Banks. Jour. N. Y. Ento. Soc, II, 1894, p. 50. 



One specimen from Dodge City, September 10, and one from WaKeeney, 

 November 1. 

 Pirata wacondana, sp. nov. (plate XXIX, fig, 7). 



Lycosa wacondana ScheflFer. The Industrialist, Vol. 30, No; 24, 1904. 

 A small species, found about springs or creeks on the prairies. 

 Female. — Length, 7-8 mm.; widthof cephalothorax, 3 mm. The abdomen 

 is slightly longer than the cephalothorax, which is narrow in front and 

 widens rapidly back of the head, the thoracic region proper being as 

 broad as it is long. The posterior margin of the cephalothorax is very 

 noticeably procurved above the peduncle. The legs are rather long and 

 slender. The fourth pair is longest, measuring about 13 mm. The front' 

 pair measures 10 mm. They are sparsely covered with fine dark hairs 

 and beset with black spines. The ground color of the legs is dull yel- 

 low, but they are darker towards the ends, and some of the joints, par- 

 ticularly the femora, are banded near the middle and at their extremities 

 by the darker shade. The coxte are lighter above and below than the 

 general ground color of the legs. At the proximal end of the tro- 

 chanters, anteriorly, is a slight roughened prominence or two, much 

 darker in color. The brownish cephalothorax presents a dull yellow 

 middle stripe, widest back of the eyes, and two somewhat undulating 

 lateral stripes of the same color. The dorsal groove is marked by a fine 

 dark line. From its anterior end a forked stripe of brown runs forward 

 to the eyes. In the brown area between the central and lateral stripes 

 of the cephalothorax are several darker streaks arranged radially from 

 the dorsal groove. The ground color of the abdomen is a darker brown 

 than that of the cephalothorax. It is finely punctate with dull yel- 

 low. On the front half is a pointed yellow stripe running back to the 

 region of the muscle depressions, and there are faint indications of 

 transverse streaks on the hinder half. The sternum is light in the 

 middle and darker around the edges. The under side of the abdomen 

 is similarly colored, except that in the central line of the lighter area 

 is a darker streak running from the epigynum to the spinnerets. I do 

 not know the male of this species. Have taken the female in June 

 about Manhattan, and in August at Waconda Springs. On the latter 

 occasion nearly all the females were carrying cocoons of eggs. 

 Pardoea nigropalpis Emerton. 



Pardosa nigropalpis Emerton. Trans. Conn. Acad., VI, 1885, p. 497. 

 Females carrying cocoons taken at Manhattan, September 26. 

 Pardoea lapidicina Emerton. 



Pardosa lapidicina Emerton. Trans. Conn. Acad., VI, 1885, p. 494. 



Very common in all parts of the state visited. Specimens carrying cocoons 

 taken as early as April. 



