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LYCOSIDiE. 
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formed supernumerary tarsus connected with the base of the tarsal joint of the right posterior 
leg, on its outer side ; and in the spring of 1851 another adult female was obtained which had 
only six eyes; not the slightest rudiment of the lateral eyes of the anterior row was percep¬ 
tible, even with the aid of a powerful magnifier. 
Mr. R. Templeton has taken this species in Ireland. 
LYCOSA ANDRENIVORA. PI. I, fig. 4. 
Lycosa andrenivora, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., tom. i, p. 315. 
— — Blackw., Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 118. 
— — Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. vii, 
p. 258. 
Length of the female, j an inch ; length of the cephalo-thorax, 5 th, breadth, jth ; breadth 
of the abdomen, ,|ths ; length of a posterior leg, §ths ; length of a leg of the third pair, ^ths. 
Considerable variety may be observed among individuals of this species, some being 
much lighter coloured than others. The intermediate eyes of the anterior row are rather 
larger than the lateral ones. The cephalo-thorax is hairy, marked with furrows on the sides, 
which converge towards the middle, and has a narrow indentation in the posterior region ; 
its colour is dark-brown, with yellowish-brown margins, and a band of the latter hue extending 
along the middle, which is broadest at the anterior extremity. The falces are powerful, and 
are armed with teeth on the inner surface ; the lip is rather longer than broad ; and the 
sternum is heart-shaped. These parts are of a dark-brown colour, with the exception of the 
extremity of the lip, which has a red-brown hue. The maxillae are obliquely truncated at the 
extremity, on the inner side, and are of a reddish-brown colour. The legs and palpi have a 
reddish-brown tint, and are marked with brownish-black annuli. The abdomen is oviform, 
hairy, convex above, projecting over the base of the cephalo-thorax ; it is of a dark-brown 
colour on the upper part, with three small tufts of yellowish-brown hairs at its anterior 
extremity; a broad band of a pale, yellowish-brown colour, extends along the middle and 
tapers to the spinners; the anterior part of the band comprises an oblong, brownish-black 
mark, having an angular projection on each side, and its posterior extremity bifid; between 
this mark and the spinners there is a series of black lines, forming very obtuse angles, whose 
vertices and extremities are the most distinct; the sides are mottled with yellowish-brown, 
and the under part is of a pale, yellowish-brown hue. 
The male is smaller and slenderer than the female, and the colour of the margins of the 
cephalo-thorax and of the broad band extending along its middle is gray. The legs have a 
yellowish-gray hue, and are without annuli; but the under part of the femora, the tibiae, and 
the base of the metatarsi of the anterior pair, are black, tinged with brown, the tibiae being 
densely covered with long black hairs on the under side. The palpi are of a brownish-black 
hue, with a tinge of red ; the cubital and radial joints are short, the latter being rather the 
