1875.1 499 [Thorell. 



8. Lycosa furcifera n. cephalothorace in fimdo nigro-fusco, 

 vittis tribus pallidis albicanti-pilosis, lateralibus continuis, insequali- 

 bus, media antice in ramos duos valde divaricantes, incurvos pro- 

 ducta ; pedibus obscure fusco-testaceis, femoribus supra nigro-macu- 

 latis et-lineatis; abdomine sub-olivaceo-fusco, vitta media angusta 

 albicanti antice; vulva ex fovea antice angusta, turn fortiter dilatata 

 constanti, septo persecta angusto, ad longitudinem sulcato, in medio 

 leviter dilatato, apice fortius in laminam transversa^, in lateralibus 

 rotundatam dilatato ; partibus patellari et tibiali palporum maris 

 albicanti et nigro, tarsali nigro-pilosa, bulbo genitali ad latus ex- 

 terius dente nigro armato, basi in tuberculum magnum incrassato, 

 quod antice e fovea dentera sub-porrectum emittit, hoc dente basi 

 dente mmore armato. — d" ? , ad. Long., <5 corp. 7, ?, corp. 8 millim. 



Male. — Cephalothorax shorter than patella and tibia of the fourth 

 pair, its back, from the eyes to the hind declivity, straight, not de- 

 pressed behind the eyes; blackish brown, with the area between the 

 four posterior eyes darker, and covered with grayish white hairs; 

 adorned with three longitudinal pale bands, covered with whitish 

 hair. The median band is about as large in the middle as the ante- 

 rior tibiae, and here geminated by the fine, black, ordinary central 

 furrow; behind it gradually tapers to a point; in front it also at first 

 slightly tapers, then, on the hind part of the pars cephalica, divides 

 itself into two branches which diverge very strongly, and are curved 

 towards each other. The lateral bands of the cephalothorax are 

 situated somewhat above its margin ; they are narrow, continuous 

 and uneven, at least in their upper or interior margin. In one speci- 

 men, also, the very edge of the cephalothorax is pale, and covered with 

 whitish hair, and in this case the lateral bands are broad, and gemi- 

 nated by a blackish line. Sternum black ; labrum blackish, with the 

 truncated apex paler. Mandibles as long as patella? of the first pair, 

 dark yellowish brown. The anterior eye-series is straight, its eyes of 

 the same size, and equidistant from each other. The palpi are of a 

 dark yellowish brown, with exception of the tarsal joint, which is 

 somewhat darker; the femoral joint is spotted with black; the apex 

 of the patellar joint and the tibial joint are covered with shorter 

 whitish hair, both joints also with longer, rarer, black hairs; the tar- 

 sal joint is densely clothed with fine black hair. The patellar and 

 tibial joints are cylindrical, of the same thickness, the patellar some- 

 what longer than the tibial, which is slightly longer than it is broad 

 the tarsal joint is as long as the patellar and tibial joints, narrowly 



