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then slightly widened again, then tapering to hind margin; the lateral 

 margins irregularly pale; eye-region black; mandibles dark red- 

 brown; palpi yellow-brown, the last joint blackish; legs yellow- 

 brown, usually showing faint darker bands on femora and tibiae, espe- 

 cially of those of the hind pairs, the tarsi of anterior pairs darker; 

 sternum and maxillae reddish brown; abdomen blackish above, with a 

 spear-mark at base, margined each side by pale ; venter pale. Ante- 

 rior eye-row nearly straight, the M. E. about one-half their diameter 

 apart, slightly farther from the subequal S. E., eyes of second row less 

 than diameter apart, eyes of third row equal to those of second; legs 

 moderately stout, on leg I three pairs of spines vmder tibiae, the basal 

 pair as long as width of joint, two pairs under metatarsus I. 



Several specimens from Iguana Cove, Albemarle Island, in Decem- 

 ber and June ; and Chatham, in May. 



LYCOSA ALBEMARLENSIS sp. nov. 



(Platen, Fig. 10.) 

 Length 12 mm. 



Cephalothorax brown ; a narrow median pale stripe starting in eye 

 region and reaching hind margin, of nearly even width throughout, 

 and a submarginal pale stripe each side; in the brown near the me- 

 dian stripe is an indistinct oblong pale spot ; eye region black ; mandibles 

 light yellow-brown; legs and palpi brownish yellow, darker on tips, 

 rarely with indistinct bands ; sternum and maxillae yellowish ; abdomen 

 black, a spear-mark at base, margined by pale, which behind is broken 

 into spots; venter pale. Anterior eye-row slightly recurved, M. E. 

 less than one half their diameter apart, plainly farther from the 

 slightly smaller S. E. ; eyes of second row less than their diameter 

 apart; legs of moderate size, tibia I with three pairs of spines beneath, 

 the basal pairs much longer than width of tibia ; metatarsus I with two 

 pairs of long spines on basal half beneath. 



Several specimens, all from Albemarle, in January. 



LYCOSA SNODGRASSI sp. nov. 

 (Plate II, Fig. i.) 

 Length $ 16 mm., $ 13 mm. 



Cephalothorax brown, with a rather broad pale median stripe, start- 

 ing as a line between eyes of the second row in front ; dorsal groove, 

 with a small indentation each side, a submarginal pale stripe each 

 side quite close to the margin; eye region and mandibles black; 

 legs and palpi brownish yellow, darker on metatarsi and tarsi ; sternum 

 and maxillae dark ; abdomen dark brown above, in female scarcely 

 Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. , March, 1902. 



