314 Mr. R. I. Pocock on Arachnida from 



(J. — Total length 12, of carapace 7, of first leg 20'5, of 

 fourth 24. 



Length of largest female example 24 mlllim. 



Loc. Durban {H. A. Spencer) ; Estcourt in Natal, 4000 feet 

 {G. A. K. Marshall) ; Pretoria {W. L. Distant). 



This species resembles in the colouring of the lower surface 

 and legs the Madagascar form described by Dr. Lenz as 

 L. meJanogastra. The vulva, however, is very different and 

 the pattern of the dorsal surface distinct *. 



Lycosa Darlingit^ sp. n. (Figs. 3, 3 a.) 



Colour black and grey ; carapace with median and mar- 

 ginal greyish-yellow bands, the intervening black area 

 traversed on the thoracic region with indistinct pale radiating 

 stripes ; abdomen black above, the median dorsal black area 

 defined on each side by a narrow yellow stripe which passes 

 from the shoulder almost to the anus and posteriorly breaks 

 up into narrow transverse stripes and spots ; sides of abdomen 

 narrowly greyish yellow ; lower surface entirely black ; 

 sternum, coxa, labium, and maxilla also black; mandible 

 ornamented in front with red squamiform hairs ; legs black 

 and clothed with greyish-yellow hairs, tibise of third and 

 fourth pairs black at base and apex. 



Carapace longer than patella and tibia and than tarsus and 

 protarsus of first leg, about equal to patella and tibia of fourth, 

 and to protarsus and half the tarsus of the fourth. Eyes of 

 the anterior line slightly procurved, subequal, and subequally 

 spaced, the medians separated from the edge of the clypeus 

 by a space about equalling their diameter. 



Vulva as in fig. 3. 



(J ■ — Smaller than female, with the pattern more pro- 

 nounced. Carapace a little shorter than patella and tibia of 

 first leg and shorter than protarsus of fourth. 



Palp as in fig. 3 a. 



* I subjoin the description of an allied species : — 



Lycosa pachann, sp. n. (Fig. 2.) 



Resembling L. Spenceri in coloration of legs and lower surface, but 

 with the lateral bands of the carapace narrower ; a continuous broad 

 median dorsal dark baud on the abdomen, extending from the shoulders 

 to the anus and gradually narrowing behind ; also in having the eyes of 

 the anterior line practically straight and the vulva formed as in fig. 2. 



Length 19 millim., of first leg 21, of fourth 25. 



Loc. Kamgesi [Emin Pasha). 



