A. E. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 839 
Lycosa Atlantica Marx ; Common Wolf-spider. Figures 220, 221. 
The color of this species is variable. In some of our specimens 
preserved in formalin the cephalothorax is dusky or tawny brown, 
with a narrow median stripe of lighter brownish yellow, wider ante- 
riorly, and a curved lateral stripe of the same color on each side and 
of about the same width; extreme margin edged with a narrow 
black line; abdomen brownish black thickly covered with short 
black hairs, and with a faint median stripe of pale brown anteriorly, 
220 
Figure 220.—Wolf-spider (Lycosa Atlantica); dorsal view; x14; phot. by 
A. H. V. Figure 221.—The same; epigynum; after Marx. 
more visible while wet, and sometimes divided by a median dark 
stripe ; often, also, a pale lateral line on each side; sometimes the 
pale dorsal abdominal streak is forked anteriorly, enclosing a forked 
black streak, which encloses a short median yellow streak or spot. 
Frequently the abdomen is plain blackish or smoky brown, or dark 
gray. Length of body 10-13™™, 
Lycosa, sp.; Brown Wolf-spider. 
A large, nearly plain, tawny-brown species with many small, indis- 
tinct, dark roundish spots on the abdomen ; legs plain orange-brown, 
with reddish joints ; cephalothorax and abdomen blackish below. 
Length about 38-40™™, 
Wala vernalis Peckham ; Little Brown J umping Spider. 
Cephalothorax plain tawny or rufous-brown ; abdomen plain light 
yellowish brown ; legs similar to abdomen in color except the stouter 
anterior pair, which are rufous-brown, like the cephalothorax ; no 
bands on the legs. Length of female about 6™™. 
