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ish central transverse band of yellow; the metatarsi have each two 
yellow transverse bands ; and the tarsi are yellow, clouded only with 
brownish ; the cubital joints of the palpi are slightly clavate, but 
stouter though shorter than the radials ; the digital joints are brown 
in colour, narrow, longer than the radials, and blunt-pointed at 
their extremity ; the palpal organs, placed in the concavity of the 
hinder portion of the digital joint, are small, not very prominent nor 
complex ; they consist of two small lobes, in conjunction with which 
are one or two short dark prominent spiny points. 
Falces strong and vertical, of a deep brown colour tinged with 
reddish, and clothed with dull yellowish hairs. 
Mazville strong, and of a dark yellow-brown colour, curved towards 
the labium, rounded on their outer sides, and obliquely truncate on 
their inner extremities. 
Labium oblong, of a deep rich red-brown colour, except the apex, 
which is yellowish red. 
Sternum dark blackish brown, the fore part divided longitudinally 
by a narrow yellowish stripe; this stripe was nearly obsolete in the 
adult male, but conspicuous in the female and in some immature 
examples. 
Abdomen dark black-brown on the upperside, which has the 
central longitudinal line occupied forwards by the normal narrow 
marking or band, which is of a reddish-yellow colour, and pointed 
at its hinder extremity; this band is followed towards the spinners 
by several broken yellow chevrons, each of the broken portions 
having a black dot within it ; from either side of the fore extremity 
of the normal marking an irregular broken stripe of yellow runs 
obliquely backwards, and a large conspicuous blotch of a similar 
colour on either side of the chevrons forms a sort of continuation 
and end of the broken stripe; the underside of the abdomen is yel- 
lowish brown marked with blackish, and with an indistinct pale 
lateral longitudinal line on either side; the spinners are of a dull 
yellow colour and prominent. An adult female differed in being 
rather smaller, but was similar in colour and markings. 
Adult and immature examples of both sexes were contained in 
Mr. Melliss’s collection. The species evidently belongs to the group 
of which we may take Lycosa picta (Hahn) as the type. 
Lycosa INEXORABILIS, nu. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 9.) 
Female adult, length 53 lines. 
This Spider may be easily distinguished from LZ. ligata (just de- 
scribed) by the greater depression of the sides of the cephalothorax, 
and by the central pale yellow-brown longitudinal band of that part 
being simple, narrow, and without enlargements ; the cephalothorax 
is dark brown with a yellowish tinge, narrowly margined with black, 
and clothed with short yellowish-grey hairs; the normal furrows 
and indentations are indicated by blackish lines, and there are some 
faint indications of a pale yellowish lateral band on either side; the 
central longitudinal band runs through between the four large eyes, 
and is moderately furnished with whitish hairs behind. 
