Brief preliminary descriptions of the following species are given in order that the names may be used in another palce.

Lycosa permunda, sp. nov.— ♀. Cephalothorax dark brown; a pale narrow median line extending backward from first eye now, widening abruptly in front of dorsal groove, and then gradually narrowing to a point at posterior margin; a broad light-coloured marginal stripe on each side not extending forward farther than the third eye row, its upper margin coarsely dentate, the lower border broken by a few dark dots, but not limited below by a continuous dark line or stripe at margin.