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are larger than the laterals, from which they are separated by a 

 wider interval than that which separates them from each other. 



The palpi have the radial and cubital joints very nearly of equal 

 length ; the former has a small red-brown rather obtuse pointed 

 corneous-looking apophysis at its outer extremity near the upperside ; 

 the digital joint is longer than both the radial and cubital together ; 

 the palpal organs are well developed, and rather more complex than 

 those of species of this genus in general, presenting various corneous 

 prominences and spines. 



The legs are furnished with hairs, bristles, and spines ; the tarsi 

 and metatarsi of the first two pairs have a tolerably dense brush of 

 hairs throughout their length. 



Examples of both sexes, adult and immature, were found at Jeri- 

 cho, Hebron, the Lebanon, and Beirut. 



Lycosa fidelis, sp. nov. 



Male adult, length 3 lines. 



This handsome and distinctly marked species belongs to the L. 

 picta group, though, from the larger ocular area, it approaches to 

 L. saccata (Bl.). 



The cephalothorax is somewhat pointed before, and without any 

 strong lateral constriction at caput ; it is of a deep rich black-brown 

 and yellow colour, marked in the somewhat radiated fashion which 

 characterizes the Lycosce of this group ; in some examples the ce- 

 phalothorax is so dark as to present no markings, and in all the 

 specimens the markings are much obscured by a clothing of dull 

 yellow or yellow-grey hairs. The eyes (for a Lycosa) are small ; 

 the centrals of the lower row are rather larger than the laterals, and 

 are considerably further from each other than each is from the lateral 

 on its side ; the length of this lower row is less than that of the row 

 above it. 



The legs are long, strong, and furnished with hairs and spines ; 

 their relative length is 4, 1, 2, 3 ; they are conspicuously banded 

 with yellow and deep black-brown, and are clothed in parts with 

 grey or whitish-yellow pubescence, especially on the femora. The 

 falces, maxillce, labium, and sternum are of a deep black-brown 

 colour. The palpi are moderately long and strong ; the humeral 

 joint (except the portion close to its extremity) is deep black-brown ; 

 the cubital is shorter than the radial joint ; both are of a clear yellow 

 colour ; the latter, as also the base of the digital joint, is thickly 

 clothed with bright white hairs, contrasting strongly with the black 

 digital joint, which is large and broad, becoming somewhat abruptly 

 narrowed and pointed at its fore extremity ; the palpal organs are 

 prominent and highly developed, consisting of various strong, pro- 

 minent, corneous spines and processes. 



The abdomen is black, or black-brown, thinly clothed with yel- 

 lowish-grey hairs ; the normal pattern on the upperside is more or 

 less strongly defined by various larger or smaller blotches or patches 

 of a somewhat dull orange-yellow colour regularly disposed, each 

 blotch being distinctly but thinly spotted with small black dots, 





