The Abdomen is oval and convex, fairly thickly covered with short smootti 



downlying hair on the upper side, thick and coarser at the sides and underneath. 



The Spinnerets are two jointed, the lower joint broadly cylindrical the 



upper hemispherical. The Epigyne is roughly triangular the upper edge 



straight with a median ridge* descending therefrom into a sloping hollow. 



The measurements in millimeters are as follows : — 



Long. Broad. 

 Ceph. II 9 (2| to 5* in front). 



Abd. 14 10 



Mand. 5 



Coxae. Tr. & Fem. Pat. & Tib. Metat. & Tar. 



5* 4* 

 Legs 13* 8* 8* 



8 



7 



8* 

 Palpi 2 5 '4* 



(Pat. shorter than Tibia). 

 One female from the mountainous forest country of Yiin-t'ing Shan, 

 N. China. Captain Douglas, V.C. 



Pardosa, sowerbyi sp. n. 



On the Cephalothorax is a red brown median stripe from the rear row of 

 eyes to the rear and a similarly coloured marginal stripe, both with white 

 downlying hair ; between these on the sides it is black brown with dark 

 brown hair on the upper part, on the lower margin reddish, and the same 

 at the sides of the eye space. The eye space itself is black brown. The 

 Mandibles are red brown with short greyish yellow bristles at the base and 

 outer margin, and longer upstanding brown hair on the remainder, the 

 fangs are red at the base, darker at the point, but nearly black in the middle. 

 Lip and Maxillae are orange with paler edging. Sternum rich yellow brown 

 at the sides with a paler longitudinal median stripe thickly clothed with 

 white, and a few brown bristly hairs. The Coxae and Femora underneath are 

 bright orange with white hair and grey spines ; the upper sides of the legs are 

 dark brown with brown and white hairs. There is a grey Scopula on the tarsi 

 and lower end of the metatarsi of the front two pairs, and brown hairs on the 

 two rear pairs. The Abdomen is a uniform red brown above with downlying 

 short reddish yellow hair, black brown at the sides, underneath pale 



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