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their diameter apart. Kpijjymim very small, a short flask-shaped cavity containing 

 a septum, which in front is only a line, but behind triangular and very broad. 



One female, Ft. Collins, Colo. (Baker). Under stones. 

 Resembles the preceding species but has a pale venter and quite 

 different ei)igynuiii. 



Pardosa concinna T/iordl, (sub /auoso). 



Several specimens, Ft. CdIHus, under stones, ' (Ikiker) ; West 

 Cliff (Cockerell). Very much like the eastern J\ Inn/tnea Em. 

 which may be only a variety. 



Pardosa sternalis Thorfll, (sub Lycosa). 



One specimen, Ft. Collins, sweeping alfalfa (Baker). Another 

 (C.illette). 



Pardosa coloradensis, sp. no v. 



Length 6 — 7 mm. Cephaloihorax niaiked as in /'. coiiciiiiia 'l"h.; legs ilarker 

 and with distinct blackish rings ; sternum dark-brown ; venter pale ; abdomen 

 black above, with a pale basal spear-mark, and behind two converging rows of pale 

 spots, much more distinct than in P. coinhina. The epigynum consists of an oval 

 area, with a small cavity in its posterior poriion nearly covered by a sliort lobe. 



Three females, West Cliff, Colo. (Cockerell). Darker and 

 slightly larger than J\ co)iciniia and with entirely different epigynum. 



Pardosa uncata T/iorr//, (sub /aokui). 



Two immature specimens from Ft. Collins (P)aker), 1 believe 

 belong to this species. 



Pardosa dorsalis, sp. nov. 



Length 6 mm. Cephalothorax dark brown, head black, the usu:d pale central, 

 constricted and geminated stripe very distinct ; faint indications of a few very small 

 lateral spots; sternum dark brown; legs yellow-brown, distinctly ringed with black 

 on femora, tibinc and metatarsi ; abdomen with an obscure pale stripe above, 

 containing a basal, black-margined spear-mark, behind which js a series of trans- 

 versal connected spots ; venter brownish, paler at base. The epigynum consists of 

 a cavity broader than long, nearly covered by a large rounded lobe, full as broad as 

 long and slightly broader in the midiUo than at base. 



One female, of the usual form of the genus but distinguished 

 by its peculiar epigynum. West Cliff (Cockerell). 



Pardosa indagatrix Tliorcll, (sub Lycosa). 



Several specimens which 1 refer to this species from Ft. 

 Collins, under stones (Baker and Gillette). 



