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the abdomen, in the male, are pretty thickly clothed with whitish 

 hairs. 



The female is paler coloured, and of a yellower hue than tho 

 male, and the markings are much more distinct, though in their 

 general character resembling those of the male. Immature 

 examples have the dark pattern very distinctly marked on a 

 yellowish ground. 



This spider is abundant on Bloxworth Heath and in othor 

 parts of Dorsetshire, and is found (but more sparingly) in many 

 other situations, such as open places in woods, on commons and 

 wastes, &c. The egg cocoon of tho female is of a dark greonish 

 olive hue. Its activity is very great, and it is adult in May, 

 June, and July. I have received it from many parts of England, 

 and also from Scotland. 



LYCOSA HERBIGRADA. 



Lyoosa herbigrada, Blackw., Spid. Groat Brit and Irel., p. 22, 

 pi. 1, fig. 6, and pi. xii., fig. 6, a.b. 



The length of tho male is 2J to 2$ lines, and of the female 3 

 to 3 J lines. 



Tho central, and marginal bands of the cophalo-thorax are 

 broad, and of a pale, slightly reddish, yollow-brown colour, 

 densely clothed with groyish white pubescence ; the ocular area 

 is black, and the intervals betwoen tho central and marginal 

 bands are deep, black-brown, and form two conspicuous, well 

 defined, though irregularly edged, and often interrupted longi- 

 tudinal bands. The central band is very strongly constricted 

 at the occiput, and tapers at its hinder part. 



Tho logs are long and tolerably strong, thoso of tho fourth 

 pair being the longest ; they are of the same colour as the 

 paler portion of the cephalo -thorax, clothed with grey-white 

 pubescence, and marked with blackish streaks, spots, and 

 annuli. There is considerable variation in the extent and 

 distinctness of these markings on tho logs, in different individuals. 



