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dark pigment is less intense, and the tibias and metatarsi of the legs 

 are pale yellowish, with the dorsal glaucous sheen. 



Chelicerce. Dorsal finger with first and third tooth large, the 

 second and fourth small, the fifth larger than the fourth, followed 



FIG. 5. Melanobloasia braunsi, n. sp., right chelicera of ? from outer side. 



by several small outer and some inner teeth. Ventral finger with 

 the usual 3 teeth in the middle, but in addition the terminal fang is 

 minutely denticulated above in front of the large distal tooth. 

 Measurements. Ad. $ 6f , largest immature $ 9^ mm. in length. 



MELANOBLOSSIA GLOBICEPS, n. sp. 



Type. 1 ad. $ (dried specimen, No. 1056) from Namaqualand, 

 Cape Colony, bearing the label " O'okiep, G. Warden, 1886." 



$ . Colour * black, the legs whitened apparently in much the 

 same way as in the previous species. 



Head-plate broad and high, strongly convex, the posterior surface 

 rising vertically ; posterior and lateral margins semicircularly rounded 

 and forming with the thickened basal portion of the chelicerae a 

 complete circle ; surface of head-plate thickly covered with very 

 short and numerous, blackish brown, cylindrical or pointed bristles, 

 and provided also with a few long setae. 



Chelicera very stout at the base but strongly and suddenly nar- 

 rowed in the middle, furnished with rather fine, dark brown, longish 

 setae but without short ones like those on the head-plate. Dorsal 

 finger strongly laterally compressed, lightly curving downwards 

 distally, the upper edge rising convexly from the base, the lower 

 edge sharp and laminate, sinuous, being lightly convex in the 

 middle but lightly concave in front of and behind the convexity, 

 the edge without any large teeth but with 4 small recurved teeth. 

 Ventral finger equalling the dorsal in length and straight, the apex 



* In old dried specimens it is not always possible to give the colour in detail, 

 owing to discoloration of parts of the body. 



