apart. The eyes of the rear row are the same distance away, a little smaller 

 and twice as far apart as their distance from the second row. 



The Mandibles are kneed at the base, have stout moderately long fangs, 

 and two equal sized teeth on the inner side of the falx sheath. 



The Lip is as broad as it is long, hollowed in front, and half as long as the 

 Maxillae which are upright, broad in front, and have a few upstanding hairs 

 on the outer side. 



The Sternmn is broad, truncate in front and pointed at the rear, where the 

 coxae are contiguous. 



The Legs are moderately thick at the base, tapering to the tarsal joint, 

 the femora bent to the side of the body, no scopula but numerous upstanding 

 bristles on the tarsi of III. and IV., a scopula on tarsus I. and II., and spines 

 on all legs. There are two spines above on the femur of all legs, two single 

 and two pairs above on tibia III. and IV., one inside the patella of III. and 

 IV. 



The A bdomen is oval, the Spinnerets two jointed, the first cylindrical the 

 second hemispherical. 



Measurements in millimetres as follows : — 



Broad. 



2^ (i| in front). 



rib. Metat. & Tars. 



Legs I I iJ 3i 3i -= "i 



3 3i = II 

 2i 3 -= 9i 



4 5J = M\ 

 Palpi I ij ij li = 4l 



Three males not quite adult and several females doubtfully so from 

 Yii-lin Fu, N. Shensi. 



Group Pardoseae, Genus Pardosa. 

 P. shansia sp. n. 



The Cephalothorax is black brown with a grey haired marginal stripe, a 

 median grey longitudinal stripe on the thoracic part only, and grey haired side 

 stripes radiating from the thoracic fovea. The Mandibles are black brown with 

 reddish hairs on the basal half, dark brown on the anterior, fangs black. The 



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