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Psyche 
[June-September 
Dorsum of abdomen with yellow ground color, suffused with 
brown and spotted with black. Cardiac area solid brown. 
Legs pale yellow to light brown, darker above. 
Labium and endites yellow with distal ends cream. Sternum 
yellow. 
Measurements. Ten females and ten males from Ramsey, Bergen 
Co., New Jersey. 
Females: 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Ant. Eye Row 
.809 
.76- .84 
Femur I 
2.90 
2.8- 3.0 
PME 
.932 
.88- .98 
Pat.-Tibia I 
3.59 
3.4- 3.9 
PLE 
1.234 
1.16- 1.32 
Meta. I 
1.98 
1.9- 2.1 
POQ 
.840 
.79- .88 
Tarsus I 
1.30 
1.2- 1.4 
Total I 
9.77 
9.3-10.4 
Carapace 
Width 
3.22 
3.0 - 3.4 
Femur IV 
3.46 
3.2- 3.7 
Carapace 
Length 
4.43 
4.1 - 4.8 
Pat.-Tibia IV 
4.00 
3.8- 4.2 
Body Length 
9.22 
8.6 - 9.8 
Meta. IV 
3.59 
3.4- 4.8 
Pat.-Tibia II 
3.26 
3.0 - 3.4 
Tarsus IV 
1.59 
1.5- 1.7 
Pat.-Tibia III 
2.86 
2.8 - 3.0 
Total IV 
12.64 
12.0-13.4 
Males: 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Ant. Eye Row 
.742 
.70- .80 
Femur I 
3.06 
2.8- 3.3 
PME 
.888 
.82- .92 
Pat.-Tibia I 
3.88 
3.6- 4.2 
PLE 
1.168 
1.05- 1.24 
Meta. I 
2.46 
2.2- 2.6 
POQ 
.812 
.74- .88 
Tarsus I 
1.40 
1.2- 1.5 
Total I 
10.82 
10.0-11.5 
Carapace 
Width 
3.24 
2.8 - 3.5 
Femur IV 
3.60 
3.4- 3.9 
Carapace 
Length 
4.35 
3.9 - 4.6 
Pat.-Tibia IV 
4.20 
3.9- 4.4 
Body Length 
8.44 
7.8 - 9.0 
Meta. IV 
4.02 
3.6- 4.4 
Pat.-Tibia II 
3.44 
3.2 - 3.6 
Tarsus IV 
1.78 
1.6- 1.9 
Pat.-Tibia III 
3.03 
2.8 - 3.3 
Total IV 
13.60 
12.8-14.6 
Diagnosis. Trochosa avara is closest to gosiuta in size and colora¬ 
tion. It also resembles that species in the structure of the epigynum. 
Trochosa avara is usually darker than gosiuta and the two short 
dark stripes enclosed within the broad median light stripe are usu- 
