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The following table, though by no means exhausting the 

 characters, nor based on those only wliich are strictly structural, 

 will, I believe, be of some practical use : — 



Males. 



A. Protarsi and tarsi of first pair of legs incrassate. 



1. Cephalothoracic bands as in female herhUjrada, Blk. 



2. Cephalothoracic bands as in female palustris, Linn. 



B. Protarsi and tarsi not dilate, slender. 



1. Protarsi i. furnished with numerous very 



long bristles. Size much larger, .3 lines . . purbeckensis, F. Cb. 



2. Protarsi i. furnished with short hairs. Size 



much smaller, I3 lines monticola, Clk. 



Females. 



A. Central white band on cephalothorax constricted 



towards caput and again dilated at its termina- 

 tion. Marginal band very broad herhigrada, Blk. 



B. Central yellow band finely attenuate towards 



caput. Marginal band very narrow. 



a. Posterior angles of epigynal plate produced 



and procurved. 



1. Size much larger, 4 lines. Black purbeckensis, F. Cb. 



2. Size much smaller, 2^ lines. Grey ; abdo- 



men with white spots monticola, Clk. 



b. Posterior angles of epigynal plate uniformly 



rounded, often dilate, but never pointed, re- 

 curved, or procurved palufitris, Linn. 



Synonymy. 

 Pardosa pahistris, Linn. 1 758. 



Lycosa exigua, Bl. 18G1 (in part). 



Lycosa tarsalis, L. K. 1870. 



Lyeosa 2}alustris, Thor. 1872. 



Pardosa palustris, Sim. 1876. 



Lycosa pahistris, Cambr. 1881, Kulcz. 1892. 



Pardosa monticola^ Clk. 1757. 



Lycosa exigua, Bl. 1861 (in part). 



Lycosa monticola, L. K. 1870, Thor. 1872, Cambr. 1881, Kulcz. 1802. 



Pardosa monticola. Sim. 1876. 



Pardosa herhigrada, Blk. 

 Lyco/fa herhigrada, Bl. 1861. 



Genus PORRHOMMA, Sim. 



Of the eight species noted under this genus in my last 

 communication (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xiii., 

 Jan. 1894), two at least must be relegated to separate genera. 



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