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Lycosa gulosa: Chamberlin 1908: 265 (part). 
Lycosa insopita Montgomery, 1904: 278, 280, figs. 3, 4, <$$. Syntypes ($$ ) from 
Austin, Travis Co., Texas, deposited in the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, examined; 1905: 174; 1909: 514. Petrunkevitch 1911: 560. First synonymy 
with Lycosa pulchra by Gertsch 1934. 
Scaptocosa pulchra: Roewer 1954: 293. 
Alopecosa pulchra: Bonnet 1955: 256. 
Discussion. Montgomery (1904) described this species under 
Lycosa insopita. He apparently did not have the Keyserling syn- 
types for comparison. Gertsch (1934) was the first to recognize the 
synonymy. 
Color. The range of color in G. pulchra is greater than that of 
G. gulosa. I have noted light forms and dark forms of pulchra. 
These do not represent a genetic polymorphism but are the extremes 
in a color continuum. There is no discernible correlation between 
geographic locality and color pattern among the specimens exam- 
ined. The darker forms are much more numerous than the light 
colored ones. The range of color is indicated in the following 
descriptions. 
Color. Female. Face orange-brown to dark reddish brown. 
Chelicerae dark reddish brown to black with condyles lighter 
orange-brown. 
Carapace dark brown to a dark reddish brown with a broad 
median yellow stripe suffused with white hair. Irregular lighter 
submarginal yellow stripes similarly clothed with white hair. Pattern 
as in Figure 4. 
Dorsum of abdomen brown to brown mottled with black. 
Anterio-lateral areas black, blending with similar black areas on 
cephalothorax. Five pairs of white spots (in well-marked specimens) 
beginning in cardiac area and continuing posteriad. White spots 
connected by dark brown chevrons as in Figure 4. Cardiac area 
darker brown, outlined by lighter brown or yellowish. 
Venter of abdomen dark brown to almost black posterior to epi- 
gastric furrow. Yellowish anterior to furrow. 
Legs light brown with darker black annulations on femora to 
dark reddish brown without distinct annulations. 
Labium and endites light brown to black with pale yellowish 
distal ends. Sternum yellow brown (golden), dark reddish brown to 
black. 
