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Stirps 3. — Legs not formed for leaping. Hinder eyes placed on the 
anterior and superior part of the thorax, forming an irregular hex- 
agon. (Hinder pair of legs longest.) 
Genus 20. LYCOSA. Latreille, Wclcken'der, Leach. 
Maxilla straight, anteriorly convex; externally towards the side some- 
what arcuated; internally slightly margined, gradually narrowing 
towards the base; the apex obliquely truncated, forming almost an 
inverted triangle: lip elongate, quadrate: legs strong, the fourth 
pair longest, then the second ; the third shortest. 
^p. 1. Lye. saccata. Above smoky-black clouded with cinereous vil- 
losity ; carina of the thorax obscure, reddish, with a cinereous vil- 
lous line; base of the abdomen with a little bundle of griseous hairs : 
legs livid-red, with blackish spots. 
Inhabits Europe. It is very common in Britain: the female may be 
observed in gardens carrying her bag of eggs, of a green colour : 
palpi, mandibles, and anterior margin of the thorax livid-red in the 
female, black in the male. 
Genus 21. DOLOMEDES. Latreille, Walckeniier, Leach. 
Maxilla straight, oval-quadrate ; the apex externally rounded, inter- 
nally obliquely truncated: lip somewhat square, the diameters 
nearly equal, the points of the angles rounded : legs elongate; the 
fourth pair longest, then the second,- the third shortest: clam ex- 
ported, without brushes below. 
s p. 1. DoL mirnb'dis. Pale reddish, covered with greyish down: tho- 
rax heart-shaped, anteriorly abruptly sloping : the anterior angles 
and dorsal line whitish: abdomen conical, suboval : back darker. 
Aranea saccata. Linn. Dolomedcs mitabiiis. Walch., Lutr., Leach . 
Aranea Listen. Scopoti, Aranea obscura. Fair. 
■^habits woods. 
® t irps A.—TyCgs formed for leaping : (Fyes eight. Thorax -never carinated.) 
Genus 22. SALTICUS. Latr., Leach. Attus. Walck. 
Maxilla straight, longitudinal, subrhomboidal, or inverse-cuneate- 
°vate : lip elongate, suboval, the apex obtuse : palpi clavate: thorax 
truncate-ovate or parallelogram mic: eyes disposed in the form of a 
horse-shoe, the two middle ones largest : legs thick and short; the 
first pair thickest and not longer than the fourth pair; the second 
ar ‘d the third pairs of nearly an equal length, and shorter than the 
two other pairs. . , 
1- Sal. scenicus. Black; margin of the thorax covered with white 
down : abdomen short ovate ; above with a reddish-gray pubescence, 
v i tl i three transverse arcuate lines, and the antis white, the tirst 
band basal and entire, the others acutely bent anteriorly, and inter- 
ru pted in their middle. 
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