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23. Pardosa scita n. sp. (PL XXX, figs. 37, 38.) 



(Types of cT and ? in author's collection, from Philadelphia; 

 other specimens from the vicinity. ) 



Ei/es. — The arrangement as in P. nigropaljris. 



Form. — Cephalothorax highest at the posterior eyes, flattened 

 above, in front not half its greatest transverse diameter. Sides of 

 head steep. Chelicera about li times as long as the head is high 

 in front. Sternum distinctly longer than broad. Legs slender, 

 ^vith long spines and few hairs. 



Dimensions of c?.- — Length of cephalothorax, 2 mm. 



Length of abdomen, 2 mm. 



Length of first leg, 7.8 mm. 



Length of second leg, 7.2 mm. 



Length of third leg, 7 mm. 



Length of fourth leg, 10.3 mm. 



Color in Life, d. — Cej^halothorax black, with gray hairs 

 arranged as follows : A broad median band extending from the eye 

 area to the posterior end of the thorax and as broad anteriorly as 

 the eye area, constricted just anterior to the dorsal groove and 

 narrowed behind it ; quite a distinct broad marginal stripe of these 

 hairs; the hairs on the forehead almost white. Sternum densely 

 covered with long whitish hairs. Abdomen above with a black 

 spot at each an tero -lateral margin and two smaller spots posteriorly 

 on a line with each of these, the remainder of the dorsum grayish ; 

 sides and venter nearly white. Chelicera brownish, maxilla' and 

 labium lighter. Legs pale grayish-brown with indistinct annula- 

 tions on the femora. Palpi with femur, patella and tibia black 

 with whitish hairs, tarsus black with black hairs. 



Color in Alcohol, cJ*. — The sides and venter of the abdomen are 

 clear yellow. The sternum clear yellow with a pair of indistinct 

 darker longitudinal lines. Palpi with femur and patella greenish- 

 yellow, tibia the same color but with black hairs, tarsua black. 



Color in Alcohol, ?. — Cephalothorax as in cf. Sternum clear 

 yellow with black spots on the lateral margins. Abdotaen above 

 grayish-green with a yellow pattern very similar to that of P. nigro- 

 palpis, except that the median band is very broad anteriorly and 

 the yellow transverse arches relatively larger and distiucter, and 

 that on each margin of the yellow pattern are two or three large 

 black spots ; venter yellow. Margins of epigymun reddish. Che- 



