Rev. F. (). Pickanl-Cixmbi-iclge 0/2 British Spiders. 3.5 



The following table, though by no means exhausting the 

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

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



Males. 



A. Protarsi aud tarsi of tir^t pair of lo^s incrassute. 



1. (.'t'i)halothoraoic bands as in foniale herhif/rada, Blk. 



'J. Oephalotlioracic bands as in female paluxtris, Linn. 



H. Protarsi and tjirsi not dilate, slender. 



1. Protiirsi i. furnished with numerous very 



long bristles. Size much larfjer, .3 lines . . purbeckcnsis, F. Cb. 



2. Protarsi i. furnished with sliort hairs. Size 



much smaller, 1^ lines monticola, Clk. 



Females. 



A. Central white band on cephalothorax constricted 



towards caput aud again dilated at its termina- 

 tion. Marginal band verv broad herbiyrada, Blk. 



B. Central yellow band finely attenuate towards 



caput. Marginal baud very narrow. 



a. I'osterior angles of epigynal plate produced 



and procurved. 



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



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

 men with white spots monticola, Clk. 



b. Posterior angles of epigjTial plate uniformly 



rounded, often dilate, but never pointed, re- 

 curved, or procurved pahistris, Linn. 



Synonymy. 

 Pardosa pahcstris, Linn. 1758. 



Lycom exigua, Bl. 1861 (in part). 



Lycosa tarsalia, L. K. 1870. 



Lycom palustrif, Thor. 1872. 



Pardom palustn's, Sim. 1876. 



Lycosa palust.ris, Cambr. 1881, Kulcz. 1892. 



Pardosa monticola^ Clk. 1757. 



Iajcosu v.riyua, Bl. 1861 (in part). 



Lycosa monticola, L. K. 1870, Thor. 1872, Cambr. 1881, Kulcz. 1892. 



Pardosa monticola, Sim. 1876. 



Pardosa herbigrada, Blk. 

 Lycoxa herbigrada, Bl. 1861. 



Genus PORRHOMMA, Sim. 



Of the eight species noted under this genus in my last 

 communication (Ann. & ^Fag. Nat. Hist. scr. 6, vol. xiii., 

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



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