. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 833 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 421 Two or three species that appear to be endemic are known only from Bermuda, but they may eventually be found in the West Indies. These are as follows:— Thomisus {Xysticas) pallens Black well. Oonops Bermudensis Banks, op. cit., p. 269, fig. 1, 1902. Fig. 209. Lycosa Atlantica Marx, type from Bermuda. It may be the sa
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 833 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 421 Two or three species that appear to be endemic are known only from Bermuda, but they may eventually be found in the West Indies. These are as follows:— Thomisus {Xysticas) pallens Black well. Oonops Bermudensis Banks, op. cit., p. 269, fig. 1, 1902. Fig. 209. Lycosa Atlantica Marx, type from Bermuda. It may be the same as L. fiisca Keys., from Cuba (t. Banks). Fig. 220. A dark brown or almost black Wolf-spider. Dr. Fr. Dahl (Plankton Exped., i, pt. 1, p. 110, 1892) recorded undetermined species of Glubiona and Trochosa. Notes on Colors of the Spiders. The following notes M^ere made on the size and colors of a part of the spiders, after they had been preserved for a short time in for- malin solution ; apparently the colors had not much changed, but the size of the abdomen was often considerably diminished by hardening and shrinking. Filistata hibernalis Hentz ; Large Brown Spider. Figures 210, 211. Cephalothorax of a female, orange-brown or rufous, a black patch between the eyes; legs of the same color, with narrow bands of white at the joints beneath, and becoming blackish at tips, partly covered. Figure 210.—Filistata hibernalis Hentz ; male ; slightly enlarged. Phot, by A. H. V. with scattered black hairs ; falcers small, dark brown, with black hairs, the terminal piece black ; abdomen plain pale buff with black hairs, not crowded ; palpi stout and short, deep orange-brown, like the legs, black distally. Length of body of female, about .75 inch (18 to 20°'™). Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XI. 53 Dec, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may n
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