On EUROPEAN SPIDERS. 191 
As regards Limonia [.Leimonia] C. Koch, the pecularities in the form 
of the head and position of the eyes of this sub-genus do not appear to us 
of sufficient importance to require a generic separation from Pardosa or 
Lycosa, and we therefore give to the last named genus the compass as- 
signed by SUNDEVALL in the Consp. Arachn. to his sub-genus Lycosa. The 
difference in the habits of Pardosa and Limonia, mentioned by C. Koch, 
is not universal, for e. g. L. lignaria (CLERCK), which is evidenly a Limonia, 
lives in dry, sunny places (especially in pine-woods), not in wet localities. 
In the structure of the claws there is no difference: also the form of the 
cocoon is the same in Pardosa and Limonia. — The name Leimonia had 
already in 1816 been given by HÜBNER to a genus of Lepidoptera. 
BLACKWALL and WESTRING preserve WALCKENAER'S Lycosa undivided, 
and it must be admitted, that the characteristic distinetions, on the strength 
of whieh it has by some modern arachnologists been divided into several 
genera, are by no means so sharp as could be desired. They show them- 
selves more in the animals’ habits, in the form given to their cocoons, and 
in the disposition of the eolours, than in distinetly marked differences in the 
form of the various parts of the body. 
The superior tarsal claws in Lycosa have ordinarily from 5 to 7 
coarse, thinly set, somewhat divergent teeth; the inferior claw is usually 
unarmed, but, according to OHLERT, is now and then provided with a very 
small tooth. In the species examined by me the palpal claw is furnished 
with two or three coarse teeth. 
Gen. 3. TARENTULA (Sunp.). 1833. 
Deriv.: Tarentum, proper name of the city now called Taranto. 
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Syn.: 1805. Lycosa Warck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 10 ("1* Fam. Les Terricoles, Zerricole” - 
ad partem). 
1833. » : Sub-gen. Tarentula SUND., Consp. Arachn., p. 24 (ad partem). 
1848. » : sub-gen. Tarantula C. Kocn, Die Arachn., XIV, p. 96. 
1861. x Wesrr., Aran. Suec., p. 467 (ad partem). 
1861. T Brackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 16 (ad partem). 
1864. » : sub-gen. Tarantula Sım., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 349, 350. 
1867. Tarantula OHL., Aran. d. Prov. Preuss., p. 127, 138. 
Type: Tarentula Apulie (WALCK.). 
The tarsal claws are similar in form and armature to those of Ly- 
cosa; the superior have most generally from 5 to 7 teeth (usually 6—8 on 
the 4" pair), the inferior is destitute of teeth. "The palpal claw has about 
