BY A. T. UEQUHAKT. 12^ 



and black. Oa ventrdl surface is a conspicuous patch, of 

 black hairs, flanked by spots of white, visible amongst the 

 hairs is the vvlva, which represents a simple depressed area 

 occupied by two dark foveas, intersected by a ) (shaped septum. 

 Single example. 



Fam. LYCOSID^. 



Gen. Lycosa, Ltr. 



Lycosa albo-pilata, sp. nov. 



Mis.--Ceph. th., long, 2*8; wide, I'S. Abd., long, 3; 

 wide ; 1'7. Legs, 4, 1—2, 3=8, 6'5, 6 mm. 



Cephalothorax brown-pink, yellowish hue round margins J 

 stretching across thorax are two broad, fuscous bands — outer 

 border sinuated, the deeper fuscus shade encroaches more or 

 less over sides of caput and ocular area; lateral margin 

 dark, narrow ; hairs white and orange-yellow, dense, patchy, 

 short, black, and erect on dorsal line ; ovate, lateral margins 

 of caput gradually compressed forwards ; pars cephalica apla- 

 nate, sides abrupt, squarely truncated ; clijpeus in depth, 

 scarcely equals interval separating fore- central eyes ; pars 

 thoracica elevated, indentation longitudinal ; radial striae 

 •well defined ; caput grooves shalloAv ; profile line dips abruptly 

 posteriorly, slopes slightly forwards with a visible curve to 

 second row of eyes. 



Anterior row of eyes moderately procurved; centre pair 

 exceeds side pair by nearly one-third, visibly more than the 

 diameter of an eye apart, less than that interval from laterals ; 

 eyes of second row greatly surpass in size that of first line, 

 interspace not equal to an eye's diameter and a half; dorsal 

 pair more than one-half as large as the latter pair, removed 

 fully one-fourth further from each other than they are from 

 eyes of second row. 



Falces brownish-yellow, second half clouded with dark 

 olive-green ; sub-conical, fore-third divergent, retreat sensibly. 



Maxilloe moderately enlarged forwards, sub-elliptical, curve 

 somewhat over labium, which is about as wide as long ; 

 rounded ; organs light yellowish-brown, slightly suffused with, 

 olive- green. 



Sturnum light yellow-brown, margins stained with brown ; 

 ovate. 



Legs greenish stone colour, passing into olive-brown to- 

 wards extremities, brown-pink reflections along suj^erior 

 aspect ; three ill-defined olive-green rings on femora, tibiae, 

 and metarsi; indications of annuli on patellary joints ; hairs 

 erect, black, and yellowish ; fairly-well armed with spines on 

 femoral, tibial, and metatarsal joints. 



