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350. Pardosa peninsular) a, sp. nov. 



Plate XVI, Fig. 22. 



Length 9 7.5 mm.; ceph. 3 mm. long, broad 2.3 mm.; tibia plus patella 

 IV 4 mm. Cephalothorax dark brown, a narrow pale stripe each side ex- 

 tending from the anterior to the posterior margin, side-margin dark brown, a 

 pale narrow middle stripe, containing a median brown line, divided in front 

 into three parts or broken into three spots; mandibles pale; sternum dark 

 brown, usually with a median pale line and sometimes pale borders. Legs 

 pale, with short brown stripes on the femora above; coxae black above; ab- 

 domen blackish above, with a pale basal spear-mark, and behind some in- 

 distinct dots; venter pale. Cephalothorax slender; legs rather short except 

 the hind pair, two pairs of long spines under tibia I and a short pair at tip; 

 abdomen rather slender, rounded at base. The male is similar to the female, 

 but is smaller, and the dark markings more extensive; the male palpus is black 

 on the tarsus, pale elsewhere; venter sometimes infuscated and also under 

 side of the coxae. 



Several specimens from the Cape Region. 

 251. Pardosa bellona, sp. nov. 



Plate XVI, Fig. 21. 



Length 9 5.1 mm.; ceph. 2.5 mm. long, broad 2 mm.; tibia plus patella 

 IV 3.3 mm. Cephalothorax pale, a blackish serrate stripe each side and a 

 few dots along the margin; eye-region blackish, pale in the middle; clypeus 

 pale; mandibles pale, with an elongate black spot at the base; sternum and 

 coxae below pale yellow. Legs pale, with numerous blackish bands on all 

 joints except tarsi; abdomen whitish, a blackish stripe each side formed of 

 irregular dots, a basal yellowish spear-mark; venter pale; epigynum reddish. 

 Cephalothorax moderately long, narrow in front; three pairs of long spines 

 under tibia I and a short pair at tip; abdomen rather narrow, subcylindrical. 

 The i similar to 9 ; the cephalic markings larger and darker; mandibles 

 black; the palpi black, the femur and patella clothed with white hair, the tibia 

 and tarsus with dense black hair; coxae I and basal half of femur I black, 

 and sometimes a large black spot on front of femur II, rest of legs banded 

 as in 9 ; abdomen black, with a narrow pale stripe; venter pale. Some males 

 are colored more like the females than others. 



Several specimens from San Miguel de Horcasitas, Mag- 

 dalena Island, Coral de Piedras, and San Jose del Cabo. 



