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species under Chasseuses except the two mentioned under 
this Div.* on page 48, of which, by the way, one does not 
occur under Les Chasseuses at all. Nor can one be certain 
that he means to include all those under Les Chasseuses 
as well. 
The fact is that it -is impossible now to determine what 
Latreille did or did not mean, so that, failing to understand 
what was intended, in my first publication dealing with these 
genera I simply took the printed fact as it stood, the 
“‘ denomination”? quoted, with all the species originally 
included in it, as the best way out of the difficulty. 
I have no wish to advocate any particular theory as to 
what Latreille meant, but am determined, if possible, to 
settle the matter for the time being in the manner least 
likely to leave room for disputation. 
The same remarks apply also to the case of the other 
genera, besides Lycosa, namely Micromata and Gnaphosa, 
whose particular problems are dealt with in detail below. 
Lycosa, Latreille, 1804. 
Latreille, when he founded the genus, writes as follows :— 
«“B — ” (diagnosis) —“ (Lycosa )—Les Chasseuses de Walck.”’ 
In his Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. vol. ii. p. 60, published 
before 1804, he says of Les Chasseuses: ‘elles répondent & 
mes—Vagabondes Div.*” ; but when he founds the genus 
Lycosa, instead of quoting his own denomination, “ Vaga- 
bondes Div.*,” he definitely connects his generic name with 
Walckenaer’s denomination alone, without offering any 
modification. 
The question is, what did Latreille mean? There are 
three alternatives open to us, depending upon the attitude 
we take up as to what Latreille meant when he quoted Les 
Chasseuses, and what he intended to be understood by 
“< répondent.” 
It is a perfectly justifiable conclusion that whatever he 
wrote before as to the relation of Les Chasseuses to his own 
Vagabondes, the fact that he quotes the former in connexion 
with his generic name proves clearly that he has changed 
his mind. 
When I wrote on the type of this genus in Jan. 1901, 
I took up the position that, whatever he said or wrote before 
or after the founding of the genus Lycosa, when he did 
actually bestow the name, he did so solely in connexion 
with Les Chasseuses ; and I considered that by confining our 
attention simply to the species directly referred to we were 
