642 PR0CEf:DIN08 OF THE ACADEMY OF [AugUSt, 



defecribc-d and figured for his L. ocreata dark markings on the legs. 

 His Hjjecimens were from North Carolina. L. ruja Keyserling is 

 not the ? of this species, as Keyserling suggested it might be. 

 4. LycoBa relucens n. «p. (I'l. XXIX, figa. 5, e.) 



(1 ^^, 2 d'cT, types, Stone Coll., Germantown, Philadelphia.) 



Eyea. — First row straight, its eyes of equal size, narrower than 

 the secfjnd row. Eyes of second row largest, more than their 

 diameter apart. Third row widest, its eyes on V)lack tubercles and 

 slightly nearer seconrl row than each otlicr. Dorsal eye area about 

 one-fifth the length of the w;phaloth(^rax. 



Form. — Cephalothorax pointed in front and rounded behind. 

 Chelicera not quite 1^ times as long as the head is high in front. 

 Sternum a little longer than broufl. Max il lie more than twice as 

 long as the labium. Ix'gs stout. 



Dimemiom. — Ix^ngth of cephalothorax, rj, .3.5 mm. ; ?, 

 3.4 mm. 



Length of abdomen, o'', 3 mm. ; ?, '>.2 mm. 



length of first leg, rj', 12.2 mm.; ?, 11 mm. 



J^ength of second leg, cJ', H.^ nit/j.; V, lO.o mm. 



Length of third leg, o''', 10.1 mm.; V, lO.'i mm. 



Length of fourth leg, rf, 10 mm. ; ^', 14.5 mm. 



Color in Alcohol. — Cephalothorax in the 5' light yellowi.--h- 

 brown, eyes surrounded by black; a yellow median band, as broad 

 as the space between the posterior eyes, ext^^nding from the seconrl 

 eyes to the fiosterior end of the thorax ; extreme margin black. 

 Sternum yellowish. Abdomen above browni.'h and darker than the 

 w^phalothorax, an indistinct black mark at each antero-lateral 

 angle, a black spot at the middle point of dorsum, and indistinct 

 blackish spots on the margins of the jjosterior dorsum ; sides yel- 

 lowish-brown with darker spots posteriorly ; venter lighter, yellow, 

 with obscure dark markings on the margins near the spinnerets. 

 Spinnerets yellow. Kpir/ynum very pale reddish -brown. Chelicera 

 reddish -brown, with a darker line formed of blacki.sh hairs on the 

 anterior aspect of each. Labium and maxilUz yellow. Lerja pale 

 yellowi.sh-brown without darker markings, palpi similarly colored. 



In the (j the coloration is darker. CepJialothorax chocolate- 

 brown; in one individual there j)ass from near the middle of each 

 side of the median light band two radiating bands of the .same 

 color to ttie more indistinct submarginal band, one of these radi- 



