20G ./. II. Emerton, 



Lycosa puuctulata, Hentz. (Plate VII, figures 4, 4a.) 



The legs of both sexes are shorter than in scutulata. In the male 

 the first and second legs are not as much elongated as in scutulata, 

 and the first legs are not darker than the others. The stripe on 

 the abdomen is straight in both sexes, without light spots along 

 the edges as in scutulata. The under side of the abdomen has 

 irregular black spots which are wanting in scutulata. The palpal 

 organs are shaped much as in scutulata, but the tarsi and all the 

 joints of the palpi are a little shorter and stouter than in that species. 

 Framingham, Mass., Sept. 29, 1906. 



Lycosa relucens, Montgomery. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1902. 

 (Plate VI, figures 1, la, lb.) 

 This species matures early in the season and is common around 

 Boston in April in open woods. Its general color is that of dried 

 leaves, and it resembles small individuals of L. fromlicola. The length 

 is 8 mm., the cephalothorax 4 mm. or a little less. The cephalo- 

 thorax has a straight white middle stripe, the width of the middle 

 eyes extending from them backward and slightly narrowed behind. 

 There is a narrower white stripe near the edge each side, some- 

 times broken and indistinct in females, and straighter and more 

 distinct in males. The legs are pale yellowish brown, with the 

 femora faintly marked with gray rings that are sometimes absent, 

 especially in males. The abdomen is indistinctly marked with pairs 

 of gray spots and oblique lines. The epigynum has the common 

 T-shape as wide as long, and a single arched opening in front, 

 Fig. lb. The male palpus has the tibia thickened so that it is 

 nearly as wide as the tarsus. The tube of the palpal organ is 

 abruptly curved forward, and a thin supporting appendage lies along 

 the side of the tarsal cavity without extending beyond its edge. 

 At the base of the tube is a large thick appendage extending 

 forward, Fig. la. 



New Haven, Conn., Mass., Lake Champlain, Vt. 



Lycosa crassipalpis, new (Plate VI, figures 3, 3a.) 



Three small males from Ipswich, Mass., and one from Portland, 

 Me., are only 6 mm. long and the cephalothorax 3 mm. The male 

 palpi have the tibia thickened as in relucens, but the tarsus and 

 palpal organ are proportionally smaller and not wider than the tibia. 

 The legs are pale without any gray rings on the femora. The 

 lateral white lines on the cephalothorax are well defined and re- 

 moved more than their width from the edge as they are in biline- 



