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brown bars on its posterior half; sides yellowish brown spotted 
with brown; under part yellowish gray. Sexual organs red- 
brown. Plates of the spiracles brown. 
4, Lycosa modica. 
Length of the male 7,ths of an inch; length of the cephalo- 
thorax 4; breadth 3; breadth of the abdomen }; length of a 
posterior leg $3; length of a leg of the third pair 2. 
Cephalo-thorax long, thinly covered with hairs, compressed 
before, depressed on the sides and at the posterior part, with a 
narrow indentation in the medial line; it is of a dark brown 
colour, with a yellowish brown band extending along each side 
to the frontal margin, where the two unite, and a longitudinal 
one of the same hue in the middle. Intermediate eyes of the 
anterior row slightly larger than the exterior ones ; anterior eyes 
of the quadrilateral the largest of the eight. Mandibles conical, 
vertical, and armed with teeth on the inner surface: maxille 
straight, and gradually enlarged to the extremity, which is 
rounded: lip nearly quadrate, being rather broader at the base 
than at the apex: these parts are red-brown, the maxilla, which 
are the palest, and the lip having their extremities yellowish 
brown. Sternum heart-shaped, dark brown with a faint tinge 
of red. Legs long, provided with hairs and spines; they are of 
a yellowish brown colour, with some dark brown streaks on the 
femora and tibic, particularly on the upper side; fourth pair 
the longest, then the first, third pair a very little shorter than 
the second. The palpi are browner than the legs, and the hu- 
meral joint is amply provided with long black hairs on the under 
side; the radial joint is larger than the cubital and is abundantly 
- supplied with long black hairs ; the digital joint is oval, convex 
and hairy externally, concave within, at the base, which concavity 
comprises the palpal organs; they are moderately developed, 
rather complicated in structure, prominent at the upper part, 
with a slightly curved, finely pomted spine directed from the 
inner to-the outer side across the middle, and are of a red-brown 
colour. The compact extremity of the digital joint is densely 
covered with long fine hairs on the under side. . Abdomen 
thickly clad with hairs, oviform, convex above, projecting over the 
base of the cephalo-thorax ; the upper part is dark brown, with 
a yellowish brown band extending from its anterior extremity 
along the middle nearly half-way to the spinners; sides faintly 
tinged with yellow; under part yellowish brown. Plates of the 
spiracles brown. Spinners brownish black. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Vol. xvii. D 
