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Lycosa sp. 



One female from San Francisco, June (Eisen) . It is a 

 small almost black species; quite probably new. 



Geolycosa sp. 



One specimen from Los Angeles not quite mature ; it 

 appears to differ from the two described species. 



Pardosa calif ornica Keyserling. Plate xxxviii, Fig. 5. 

 Keyserling, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1887, 

 p. 483. 



Specimens from Marin County (Vaslit) ; Mt. Diablo, 

 Contra Costa County (Fuchs); San Francisco (Fuchs); 

 Palo Alto, July (Baker). 



Pardosa atromedia n. sp. 



Plate XXXIX, Fig. 32. 



Cephalothorax pale yellowish ; eye-region black, an irregular broad band 

 on each upper side, which indents the middle area before the groove ; clypeus 

 with white hair; mandibles pale reddish brown, with white and black hair; 

 sternum black, with pale margins; legs pale yellowish, banded with black; a 

 black spot above on coxae, two on femora, one on patellae, two bands on 

 tibiae, and metatarsi dark at base and tip and less distinctly in the middle of 

 hind pairs, tarsi unmarked. Abdomen pale yellowish with many white hairs, 

 a basal black band under the front, an oblong median black spot at basal 

 third, and beyond are smaller spots more or less distinct; sides streaked with 

 black; venter entirely pale. Cephalothorax rather short; eyes ot first row 

 subequal, the M. E. rather farther apart than from S. E., eyes of second row 

 scarcely diameter apart, dorsal eyes a little smaller; legs slender, hind pair 

 very long; tibise and metatarsi i and ii with 2-2 spines beneath. 



Length 7-9 mm. 



A few specimens from Claremont and Southern Califor- 

 nia (Curtice). 



Pardosa sternalis Thorell. 



Lycosa sternalis Thorell. Colo. Aran. 1877, p. 504. 



Several specimens from Lake Tahoe, Placer County, 

 July (Troyer) ; St. Helena, Napa County, July (Fuchs) ; 

 Mill Valley, Marin County, May (Fuchs.) 



