1979] 
Brady — Spider Genus Trochosa 
201 
Carapace light medium brown with broad median stripe of pale 
yellow-orange. Dashes within median stripe only faintly visible. 
Submarginal stripes paler. 
Dorsum of abdomen pale yellow to light orange in ground color, 
heavily mottled with gray-brown. Cardiac area solid brown outlined 
in gray. Venter cream colored with a few scattered spots. 
Legs pale yellow-orange to orange. 
Labium and endites yellow-orange with distal ends yellow to 
cream. Sternum yellow. 
Measurements. Ten females and ten males from North Carolina. 
Females: 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Ant. Eye Row 
.770 
.65- 
.85 
Femur I 
2.81 
2.2- 3.2 
PME 
.936 
.79- 
1.02 
Pat.-Tibia I 
3.05 
2.8- 3.9 
PLE 
1.186 
.99- 
1.29 
Meta. I 
2.03 
1.6- 2.3 
POQ 
.851 
.68- 
.89 
Tarsus I 
1.37 
1.0- 1.5 
Total I 
9.76 
7.6-10.9 
Carapace 
Width 
3.11 
2.4 - 
3.4 
Femur IV 
3.37 
2.6- 3.8 
Carapace 
Length 
4.44 
3.4 - 
5.0 
Pat.-Tibia IV 
4.02 
3.1- 4.4 
Body Length 
10.46 
7.8 - 
11.6 
Meta. IV 
3.70 
3.0- 4.1 
Pat.-Tibia II 
3.20 
2.5 - 
3.5 
Tarsus IV 
1.66 
1.2- 1.9 
Pat.-Tibia III 
2.90 
2.4 - 
3.2 
Total IV 
12.76 
10.0-14.3 
Males: 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Ant. Eye Row 
.714 
.65- 
.75 
Femur I 
2.85 
2.6- 2.9 
PME 
.876 
.84- 
.90 
Pat.-Tibia I 
3.78 
3.5- 3.9 
PLE 
1.120 
1.00- 
1.24 
Meta. I 
2.56 
2.4- 2.6 
POQ 
.799 
.76- 
.88 
Tarsus I 
1.44 
1.4- 1.5 
Total I 
10.62 
10.0-11.6 
Carapace 
Width 
2.96 
2.8 - 
3.1 
Femur IV 
3.36 
3.2- 3.5 
Carapace 
Length 
4.21 
3.9 - 
4.7 
Pat.-Tibia IV 
4.10 
3.9- 4.2 
Body Length 
8.10 
7.5 - 
8.4 
Meta. IV 
3.94 
3.8- 4.0 
Pat.-Tibia II 
3.32 
3.0 - 
3.4 
Tarsus IV 
1.78 
1.5- 1.9 
Pat.-Tibia III 
2.94 
2.8 - 
3.0 
Total IV 
13.19 
12.3-13.6 
Diagnosis. Trochosa shenandoa is closest to T. gosiuta in epigy- 
nal structure. The anteriorly directed arms of the transverse piece 
( tp ) of the median septum (ms) in shenandoa are longer and more 
