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(2a) — Three dark bands on the venter 

 converging toward the spin- 

 nerets, .... inhonesta. 

 (26) — Small dark spots on the venter, no 

 dark bands, . . . nidicola. 

 (2c) — A broad transverse dark band on 

 the venter behind the lung 

 books, . . . hallimoriana. 

 (6) — Cephalothorax Avith a median light band as 

 broad anteriorly as the eye area. 

 (1)— Abdomen with a light dorso-median band 

 enclosing a shorter dark band ante- 

 riorly, lepida. 



(2) — Abdomen above with a large black spot 

 or stripe at each antero-lateral margin. 

 (2a) — Posterior eyes largest, cephalo- 

 thorax with a pair of black 

 longitudinal bauds, nigraurata. 

 (26) — Eyes of second row largest, cephalo- 

 thorax without black bands. 

 (a) — Abdomen below with a large 

 blackish mark, first leg 

 not more than 2| times 

 the length of the cephalo- 

 thorax, . . frondicola. 

 (/3) — Abdomen below usually 

 without a distinct black- 

 ish mark, first leg 2.9 

 times the length of the 

 cephalothorax, purcelli. 



1. Lycosa nigra (Stone). (PI. XXIX, fig. 1.) 



Pardosa nigra Stone, 1890. 



nee Lycosa funerea Hentz, Banks, 1891. 



(2 ? ?, types, Stone Coll., from Chester county. Pa.) 

 Eyes. — First row shorter than the second, its middle eyes higher 

 and larger than the lateral ; eyes of second row largest, less than 

 their diameter apart; the third row widest, its eyes considerably 

 nearer to the second row than to each other and placed upon 

 tubercles. Dorsal eye area about one-fifth the length of the 

 cephalothorax. All eyes relatively small. 



Form. — Sternum about double as long as \nde in one specimen, 

 not quite so long in the other. Cephalothorax highest at the level 

 of the dorsal groove. Chelicera fully 1^ times as long as the head 



