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of the abdomen |; length of a posterior leg 1|; length of a leg of 

 the third pair 1 . 

 The cephalothorax is long, convex, hairy, compressed before, and 

 rounded on the sides, which are marked with furrows converging 

 towards a narrow, oblong, dark -brown indentation in the medial line ; 

 it is of a dark yellowish-brown colour, the furrows being the darkest, 

 with a dull yellow band, somewhat pointed before, extending along 

 the middle, which comprises an obscure dark-brown streak directed 

 backwards from each posterior eye ; another band of the same hue 

 runs parallel to each lateral margin, and is irregularly marked 

 with dark-brown spots, the largest being situated below the lateral 

 eyes. The two intermediate eyes of the anterior row are rather larger 

 than the lateral eyes of the same row. The falces are powerful, 

 conical, vertical, armed with teeth on the inner surface, and of a dark- 

 brown hue, the base, in front, being densely clothed with long yellow 

 hairs. The maxillaj are straight, and enlarged and rounded at the 

 extremity; the lip is nearly quadrate; and the sternum is oval. 

 These parts are of a dull yellow colour, the sternum, which is the 

 palest, and clothed with long yellowish hairs, having a brown-black 

 band in the middle, which is bifid before ; and the base of the lip has 

 a dark-brown hue. The legs are long, provided with hairs and strong 

 sessile spines, and of a dull yellowish colour, the tibia;, metatarsi, and 

 tarsi of the anterior pair having a brown hue ; and tl)ere is a dark- 

 brown spot at the base and extremity of the tibiiB of the posterior 

 pair, on the underside ; the metatarsi and tarsi are more or less 

 supplied with dark, hair-like papillaj on their inferior surfaces, and the 

 latter are terminated by three claws ; the two sujjcrior ones are curved 

 and strongly pectinated, and the inferior one, which is minute, is in- 

 flected near its base. The palpi are paler than the legs, and the 

 digital joint, which has an oblong-oval form and brown hue, is convex 

 and hairy externally, compact at the extremity, and concave at the 

 base, on the underside, which concavity comprises the palpal organs ; 

 these organs are not highly developed, are rather complex in structure, 

 , and of a pale yellowish colour mingled with reddish-brown. The ab- 

 domen is oviform, clothed with yellowish-grey hairs, convex above, 

 and projects a little over the base of the cephalothorax ; the upper 

 part is of a dull yellowish-brown hue, with a dark-brown, ramified 

 band extending along the middle, whose anterior half is much the 

 broadest; the colour of the sides is yellowish-brown, being much the 

 darkest in the superior region ; and the under part, the space between 

 the brownish-yellow branchial opercula, and a minute spot on each 

 operculum are of a brownish-black hue. 

 The male of Lycosa fameliea does not appear to be described in 

 any work on arachnology with which I am acquainted. The figure 

 and description of the female given by M. Koch were made from 



