44 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Dolomedes scriptus Hentz 
Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1845, 5:180, pl. 16, fig. 1 
Dypen)Diojliommietde's scriptus Hentz; type specimen not known to 
exist 
Type locality: Alabama 
Female (alcohol): length 17.5-24mm; average of I5 mature specimens, 
20.6mm; legs 4(2-1)-3, 39-35-35-33mm; pl. 22; pl. 24, fig. 2 
Cephalothorax above light to dark brown; a narrow, median, light 
line originating between the middle eyes of the second row extends 
to the posterior margin of cephalothorax; in front of dorsal groove 
a pair of small, wedge-shaped spots clothed with short, black hairs 
(in a rubbed specimen, the spots are often absent) ; regularly curved, 
light lines, inclosing an oval area, extend from the median sides of 
the posterior lateral eyes to the wedge-shaped marks; thorax nar- 
rowly margined with black and on each side a broad, submarginal, 
dusky yellow band often broken into oblique spots; eye area dark. 
Eyes: anterior row in a slightly recurved line; median separated 
by about the diameter of one of them, a little larger than lateral ; 
lateral eyes less than the diameter of one of them from the median; 
posterior row strongly recurved, larger than anterior; the median 
separated by the diameter of one of them, a little further from the 
lateral. Clypeus dark brown to black, often with a median vertical 
light line. Chelicera reddish brown, clothed with mixed white 
and brown hairs, the white predominating. Abdomen: Anterior 
half of abdomen above dark brown with a median, light stripe bi- 
furcating posteriorly; on each side, an oblique, light line joins 
the median one near the middle of its length, the acute angle in- 
closed having its apex directed forward; at the juncture of the 
oblique lines with the median stripe, there is often on each side a 
curved, light line extending forward to meet the median line on 
the front margin of the abdomen; posterior half of abdomen crossed 
by three or four transverse, W-shaped white or yellowish white 
lines with the intervals between them brown or black; sides of 
abdomen light brown or grayish; venter uniform light brown. 
Legs and palpi with the ground color somewhat lighter than that 
of the thorax; above more or less distinctly annulate and bearing 
numerous dark brown and white hairs in patches, and conspicu- 
ous spines; beneath, lighter, yellowish or greenish gray; metatarsi 
and tarsi distinctly scopulate; coxae immaculate. Sternum dark 
brown with a median, often branched, light, longitudinal line. La- 
bium and endites brownish yellow, lighter distally. Eprgynium red- 
dish brown, broader than long with the median sides of the ‘ateral 
