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nearly as broad as long. Abdomen short, subtruncate at base, broadly 

 rounded at the tip; epigynum shows a transversely elliptical cavity behind a 

 hard reddish plate. 



Four females from Tepic, Oct. 



243. Aulonia (?) funerea Hentz. — Several examples 

 from Tepic. 



244. Pardosa milvina Henlz — Many specimens from 

 Tepic, Oct. and Nov., and Orizaba. 



245. Pardosa sabulosa, sp. nov. 

 Plate XVI, Fig. 28. 



Length S 5.5 mm.; ceph. 2.4 mm. long, broad 2 mm.; tibia plus patella IV 

 3.1 mm. Cephalothorax dark brown, black in eye-region, a broad pale spot 

 in middle, truncate in front, pointed behind; mandibles red-brown; sternum 

 blackish; legs yellow-brown, paler on tips, femora with a pale spot across 

 middle above; abdomen black, a basal broad pale spot and behind two rows 

 of connected spots; venter light brown. Three pairs of long spines under 

 tibia I, and a short pair at tip; sternum about as broad as long; abdomen 

 rather depressed, broad, truncate at base, pointed at tip. 



Three examples from Tepic, Nov. 



246. Pardosa medialis, sp. nov. 



Plate XVI, Fig. 29. 



Length 4.5 mm.; ceph. 2.1 mm. long, broad 1.6 mm.; tibia and patella IV 

 2.9 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellowish, black around the eyes, two broad 

 straight brown stripes above, leaving a narrow median pale area, which is 

 divided by a dark line, a few black dots near the margin; mandibles, sternum, 

 and legs pale yellowish, the latter without bands, but darker at tips of hind 

 tibiae and tarsi; abdomen blackish above, with a pale median line from base 

 to tip, its posterior portion margined with geminate spots; venter pale; epig- 

 ynum reddish. Three pairs of long spines under tibiae I and II, and a short 

 pair at tip; sternum about as broad as long; abdomen truncate at base, 

 pointed at the tip. 



One specimen; Tepic, Oct. 



