370 



Kftoen apeoies have been, up to the present time, recorded as 

 British, and, of those, twelve are found in Dorsetshire. 



LYCOSA AMENTATA. 



Akaneus amentatus, Clerek., Sv. Spindl., p. 96., pi. iv., tab. 8, 

 fig. 2. 



Lycosa saccata, Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 26, pi. 

 ii., fig. 9. 



The male measures from 2£ to 3 J lines in length, and the fomale 

 from 3 to 4 lines. 



The cophalo-thorax is deep brown, with a longitudinal central 

 yellow -brown band, strongly constricted, or deeply notchod on 

 each side at the occiput, and tapering to a point at the posterior 

 extremity of the thorax. The fore part of this band is often 

 much obscured by a brownish suffusion, and seldom quite reaches 

 the ocular area. Besides the central band, there is a much 

 narrower, broken, yellowish-brown one on each side near the 

 margin. 



The legs are long, tolerably strong, of a yellow-brown colour, 

 tingod with reddish and annulated with dark brown or blackish ; 

 in females the annulations are very distinct, and are continued 

 throughout all the joints excepting the tarsi ; but in the males 

 they are much less distinct, and extend only to the femora and 

 tibiae, frequently to the femora only. 



The palpi are moderately long ; their colour is dark yellow- 

 brown, and often black ; the radial joint is stronger than the 

 cubital, and is densely clothed with longish coarse black hairs. 

 The digital joint is of moderate size, and also clothed with black 

 hairs ; the palpal organs are not very prominent nor complex. 

 Towards their fore extremity, or near the middle, there is a not very 

 long, slightly oblique, curved, sharp pointed, tapering spine, at 

 whose posterior extremity on the outer side is a small prominent 

 point. The sharp point of the spine is directed forwards and 

 outwards. 



