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T. stigmosa Thor. cc;phalothorace paullo longioro quain tibia cum patclla 4:ti paris, 

 piibe sub-testacea crassa tecto, in fundo nigro-fusco, serie inacularurn supra inargineni 

 utrinque, et inacubi rnagiia stellata in parte tht)racica notato. (juu' inacnla in parte ce- 

 phalica continuatur ibique in forinain trianguli valde dilatata est, hac pictura fusco- 

 testacea; pedibus dense cinereo- eX nigro-annulatis ; abdornine supra et in lateribus in 

 fundo nigro, testaceo-punctato et -inaculato: ad marginem dorsi anticuin adest rnacula 

 uiagna sub-(piadrata, postice in vittam abbreviatani angustato-acuininatarn producta; 

 eircum hane vittam maculie 4 trapezium antice latius fonnant, et tum serie media ma- 

 cularum linearuinve transversarum angulatarum, quarum antic* in niedio abruptte sunt, 

 notatum est dorsum, et prteterea, postice, macula singula vel maculis 2 majoribus utrin- 

 que; venter pallidus est; vulva ex area parva sub-ferruginea formata, qute foveis duabus 

 oblongis parallelis, spatio ipsis foveis duplo latiore sejunctis, notata est. — 9 ad. 

 Long. c:a ^^/^ millim. 



Syn.: 1875. Trochosa stigmosa Thor., Verzeichu. siidruss. Spinn., 1. c, p. 107 (69). 



Feiniiia. — Cephalofhora.r 3V,, niillim. longus, saltcrn 2',.j niillini. latus, paullo longior (juain pa- 

 tella cum tibia 4:ti paris, latitudine longitudinera tibiae hujus paris multo superans, in tundo nigro-fuscus, 

 macula maxima sub-stellata lusco-testacea et sulco ordinarie nigricanti in medio geminata in parte thora- 

 cica notatus, quae macula in partem cephalicam continuata est ibique ita dilatata, ut antice triangulum ma- 

 ximum format, cujus apex posticus ad sulcum ordinarium medium pertineat, basis vero antice poiie oculos 

 posticos inaequalis et minus bene definita sese extendat, an^^ulis anterioribus in lateribus partis cephalicne 

 deorsum productis: bic triangulus maculis 4 parvis nigricantibu^ notatus est, trapezium antice saltem triplo la- 

 tius quam postice lormantibus; spatium inter oculos et ante triangulum, colore sat claro, linea media longitudinali 

 obscura inter oculos posticos ducta notatur; utrinque, supra marginem anguste nigrum, series macularum lusco- 

 testacearum vittara lateralem format; hsec pictura pube sub-testacea, quo sat dense vestitus est cephalothurax, 

 obtecta videtur, et tantum distincta est quum in spiritu vini vel aqua jacet aranea. Sternum cum labio nigrum, 

 sub-testaceo-pubeseens, nigricanti-pilosum. Series ociilorum antica reeta, certe non procurva, parum longior quam 

 series media, oculis mediis vix majoribus quam lateralibus et inter se spatio paullo majore remotis quam quo 

 ab iis distant; oculi seriei raedise intervallo diametrum suam fere yequanti disjuncta;. Mandibuhe ferrugineo-fuscje, 

 sub-testaceo-pubescentes, longitudine metatarsos l:mi paris requantes; sulcus unguicularis dentibus 4 parvis po- 

 stice armatus, antice vero 2 tantum, longe ab ungui remotis. Ma.cillce testaceo-piceae. Palpi testacei, sub- 

 cinereo-pubescentes, parte femorali nigro-maculata, patellari et tibiali basi anguste nigris. tarsali apice iiifuscata. 

 Pedes testacei, dense nigro-annulati, inter annulos cinereo-, in annulis uigricanti-pubesceutes, annulis plerisque in 

 raaculas divulsis; femora tales annulos 3 vel 4, patellae 1, tibiae 2, metatarsi 3 ostendunt; tarsi apice tantum 

 nigricantes. Åbdomen supra et in lateribus nigricans, testaceo-punctatum, pictura dorsi in fundo testacea; in 

 medio ad marginem anticum adest macula magna sub-quadrata flavo-testacea, maculis duabus parvis nigris notata 

 et in medio postice in vittam angustato-acuminatam producta, quit ad medium dorsum pertinet, ut in Tr. aniy- 

 lacea; utrinque ad basin hujus vittae macula non magna adest, his maculis cum maculis duabus etiam minoribus 

 obliquis mox pone apicem vitiae sitis trapezium antice plus duplo latius quam postice formantibus; pone eas 

 sequitur series media macularum vel liuearum brevium angulatarum, quarum duae anteriores, in medio abruptae, 

 cum macula magna inaequali utrinque in latere abdominis sita unitae sunt: macula sat magna utrinque mox super 

 anum interdum adest quoque. Pube cinereo-fusca sat dense vestitum est abdomen, pube in macula illa magna 

 antica magis cinerea: maculis paucis ex pube cinerea formatis, in series ordinatis, postice quoque ornatum fuisse 

 videtur. Venter testaceus, secundum medium vittis duabus longitudinalibus nigricantibus, posteriora versus angu- 

 statis, spatio sat angusto disjunctis notatus, dense sub-cinereo-pubescens; vulva ex nrea parva sub-ferruginea con- 

 stat, quae impressiones vel foveas duas oblongas, angusfas, parallelas, parum profnndas, antice rotuudatas, in 



donné de description suffissamment détaillée et je ne crois pas qu'il Tait jamais vue. " 1 have not been 

 able to fiud the passage in Pallas' Travels here alluded to. 



Lepechin (loc. cit., I, p. 157) has a curious statement about Tr. Singoriensis, which rnay be cora- 

 municated here. He says that when this animal is dug up of its earth-hole, aud sees that it cannot defend 

 itself, "it reraains perfectly still, puffs itself out, and ejects from its back, as from a syringe, a white fluid 

 to a distance of above four feet" (!). He was told that that fluid was poisonous. No doubt it was ex- 

 crements ejected from the anus, whether from the effect of terror, or that the animal really uses its faeces 

 as a sort of defensive weapon. 



