THE LYCOSID^ 



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Lycosa nidicola. 

 long ; the legs 



— When full grown three-quarters of an inch 

 short, the longest an inch in length. The 

 color is dull yellow or greenish brown. On 

 the cephalothorax there is a narrow yellow 

 stripe in the middle and one on each side 

 (fig. 166), and on the front of the abdomen 

 the usual pointed stripe, dark at the edges 

 and bordered by lighter bands. On the 

 hinder half of the abdomen are indistinct 

 cross marks. The legs are without mark- 

 ings, and the spines short and hardly visible. 

 The under side of the abdomen 

 (fig. 167) is light in the middle 

 and darker at the sides 

 and marked with small 

 brown spots. 

 The males and 

 young are lighter 

 and more plainly 

 marked than the 

 adult female s. 

 This spider lives 

 under stones and other shelters in the woods 

 in a shallow nest, lined with silk, where the 

 female may be found with her cocoon of 

 eggs early in the summer. 



Lycosa pratensis. — - A small species, four- 

 fifths to half an inch long, yellowish brown, 

 with indistinct light and dark markings. 169, side of cephalothorax. 



_,, 111 1 • 1 11 1- 1 1 1 17O) front of head and 



Ihe cephalothorax has a middle light band mandibles. 



as wide as the eyes, narrowed a little in 



front of the dorsal groove and broken in the middle by two 



brown spots (fig. 168). The sides of the cephalothorax near 



Figs. i66, 167. Lycosa 

 nidicola. — 166, female 

 enlarged twice. 167, 

 under side of abdomen. 



168 

 Figs. 168, 169, 

 1 70. Lycosa 

 pratensis. — 

 168, female 

 e n 1 a r g e d 

 three times. 



