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1841. LYCOSA obscura Blackw., The differ, in the numh. of eyes, cet, in 



Transact, of the Linn. Soc, XVIII, p. 611. 

 1848. „ (Leimonia) pullata C. Koch, Die Arachn., XV, p. 25, 



Tab. DXI, figg. 1431-1433. 

 1856. „ PULLATA Thor., Rec. crit. Aran., p. 65. 

 1861. „ obscura Blackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 28, PI. II, 



fig. 11. 



1867. Leimonia pullata Ohl., Aran. d. Prov. Preuss., p. 134. 



As regards Walckenaer's and Sundevall's L. paludicola, see 

 the foregoing species, L. paludicola Westr. — From Cambridge I 

 have received English specimens of L. pullata under the name of 

 L. obscura Blackw. I have also myself several years ago found 

 the species in the vicinity of London. Neither of C. Koch's citations : 

 Ar. lignarius Clerck and Lyc. lignaria Sund., belong to his L. pid- 

 lata, but both indicate an entirely different and much larger spider, 

 resembling in colour L. blanda C. Koch. Vid. supr. p. 294 under L. 

 lignaria Westr. L. paludosa Hahn and L. sollers Walck., taken 

 up as synonyms by C. Koch, are also probably different from L. 

 pullata: vid. supr., p. 291, under L. tarsalis Westr. 



L. pullata is certainly in colour very like L. paludicola Clerck, 

 but is immediately distinguishable by its much smaller size; for 

 whereas in L. paludicola the cephalothorax is usually 4 millim. long, 

 in L. pullata it is only 2'/ 2 — 2 3 / 4 millim. The organs of copula- 

 lation are quite different. The vulva consists of a large transverse 

 area, the greatest part of which is occupied by two large, almost 

 triangular fovese, bounded by a fine border and furrow, the bases 

 of which are turned inwards and their apices outwards; they are se- 

 parated by a rather narrow septum somewhat broader behind, which 

 has a distinct furrow throughout its length. At each side of the 

 extremity of the septum, in the posterior angle of the triangular 

 fovese, appears a coarse low tubercle. The lamina bulbi of the male 

 is at the apex, beneath, yellowish brown; the black bulb sends out 

 from its swelled basal part a reddish brown, uniformly tapering 

 spine directed diagonally straight outwards and forwards, which 

 reaches to the border of the lamina and is slightly curved upwards. 

 Immediately in front of this spine, and extending parallel to it from 

 the inner margin of the bulbus, appears another spine, which is finer, 

 shorter, more rapidly curved, as also darker and sharper. 



Closely allied to L. pullata by the form of the organs of 

 copulation, is L. prativaga L. Koch (Die Arachn. -Fauna Galiz., 

 p. 43), which, according to specimens wherewith I have been fa- 



