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Distribution. *Billy’s island, Okefinokee swamp, Ga.; *Coosa 
fiver neag Dhree Island shoal) Malladaga (county, Alay) *+Chas- 
tine, La. 
Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz 
Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1843, 4:396, pl. 19, figs. 10-13 
Type: Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz; type specimen not known 
to exist 
Type locality: Hentz stated the habitat to be, Carolina, Alabama, Massa- 
chusetts? ”’ 
Female (alcohol): length 15-26.5mm; average of ten mature specimens 
21.8mm; legs 4-1-2-3, 46-44-42-40mm; pl. 20; pl. 21, figs. 2-5 
Cephalothorax above reddish brown; back of the posterior eyes an 
oval area lighter brown; in front of dorsal groove a short, narrow, 
light line separates a pair of indistinct, dark, wedge-shaped marks 
and joins the oval area; extreme margin of cephalothorax black; 
a broad submarginal band lighter brown, more or less broken by 
the dark, radial furrows, the outer ends of which usually inclose 
a small, white spot. Eye area and front of head black; below 
the lateral eyes of the posterior row, an area of light yellowish 
brown joins the submarginal band and extends to the sides of the 
clypeus. Cephalothorax clothed with fine, white, and short, brown 
hairs, the white predominating on the radial furrows and sides of 
head, the brown in patches along the upper edge of the submarginal 
band. Eyes of anterior row in a slightly recurved line; median 
separated by about one-half the diameter of one of them; median 
about twice the diameter of the lateral and nearer to them than 
to each other; posterior row strongly recurved, median eyes less 
than their diameter apart and larger than those of anterior row; 
lateral eyes largest, separated from median by the diameter of one 
of them. Clypeus dark brown to black, often with an indistinct, 
median, light line. Chelicera dark brown to black clothed with long, 
light hairs. Abdomen with ground color of dorsum yellowish brown 
with darker patches outlining a median figure on the anterior half 
much as in D. scriptus; posterior half with a central, dark 
band broken into three or four chevrons the lateral ends of which 
bear a small, dull white spot. Sides of abdomen reddish or yellow- 
ish brown, venter usually with two narrow, light lines converging 
from ends of epigastric furrow to spinnerets. Legs usually banded 
above with dark brown on a ground color yellowish or reddish 
brown; femora above mottled; tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi each with 
two dark bands; legs below lighter, coxae usually without mark- 
ings. Sternum yellowish brown darker on the margins; in imma- 
ture specimens often with a median, light stripe as in D. scriptus. 
