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Lycosa fatifera, Hentz. : TARANTULA. Three specimens from Shawnee 

 Co., June to September, and one from Brown Co. They present the fol- 

 lowing characters not mentioned by Hentz : Cephalothorax with an incom- 

 plete dorsal stripe of pale red ; sides and ventral surface of abdomen light 

 reddish -brown, speckled witli black; legs reddish-brown and fuscous in sub- 

 dued contrast. The color of the body above is dark blue-brown. The 

 phase thus characterized may be provisionally designated as var. centralis, 

 its exact relation to fatifera being as yet uncertain. 



The Topeka specimens were collected by Messrs. L. T. Matthews and A. 

 Tucker, and the writer; that from Brown Co. by Miss Mara Becker. A 

 specimen has been recently contributed from Reno Co. by Mr. L. A. 

 O'Hara. 



Lycosa piiosa, Grd.^ One male taken in Shawnee Co., in September, by 

 the writer. The general grey color has a pinkish shade. The specimen 

 differs from Girard's description only in having a subrectangular area of 

 black, not sharply defined upon the upper surface of the abdomen anter- 

 iorly. The black dentoid processes on the distal end of the chelicera are, 

 on its upper (anterior) margin one, and on its lower margin three in num- 

 ber, and nearly equal. The fourth leg is about 1.55' in length, the others 

 averaging about . 1' successively shorter in the order peculiar to the genus. 

 Cephalothorax .44' in length by .31' in breadth. 



Lycosa riparia, Hz. Shawuee Co., August; entering an outbuilding. 

 Though the single specimen which I refer to this species was not taken 

 near waier, it differs in no important respect from Hentz's description and 

 figure. It has, however, the two rows of dots on the abdomen yellow in- 

 stead of white. The two black spots and line, often present in this species 

 at the base of the abdomen inferiorily. is in this instance lacking. 



Agelena nsevia, Bosc. Shawnee Co. As elsewhere in the United States, 

 the commonest of spiders, building its geometric web in corners of houses 

 and outbuildings, aud less commonly in the lee of bushes. 



Epeira domiciliorum, Hz. (?) Topeka, cellars and dark rooms. 

 Epeira cliadema, Hz. Shunganunga and Wakarusa valleys. 

 Epeira riparia, Hz. Shawnee and Barber Cos., frequent. Appar- 

 ently not partial to margins of waters in Kansas, nor even to bottom-lands, 

 but commonly stretching its web in gardens and beside bushes or weeds 

 in shady places. It is perhaps more generally distributed in this ( 1885) 

 than in dryer seasons. 



Specimens have been contributed to the Survey from Labette Co. by Dr. 

 W. S. Newlon, and from Reno Co. by L. A. O'Hara. 



Epeira fasciata, Hz. I have taken this species only in the valleys of the 

 Medicine River and Turkey Creek, Barber Co. It is doubtless also com- 

 mon in eastern Kansas. 



Epeira septima, Hz. A single female specimen taken in Shawnee Co. 

 in August, descending from the top of a door. 



