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finger (pi. I., fig. 10) almost straight, furnished with a small sharp 

 tooth before the middle on the dorsal edge ; the ventral edge almost 

 straight, the teeth of the distal series pointed, composed of 2 large 

 distal ones remote from the apex, a smaller third tooth and a large 

 fourth tooth, the latter slightly smaller than those of the distal pair 

 and followed by a smaller tooth and others of the double series ; 

 terminal fang long, curving slightly outwards and downwards 

 towards the apex, its lower edge with a minute tubercle or slight 

 convex dilatation before the large distal tooth. Ventral finger high, 

 with 3 pointed teeth in the middle, the intermediate one small 

 (obsolete on one side) ; in front of these is a rounded upright keel 

 on the inner edge and a smaller, brown, tubercular tooth or keel on 

 the outer edge of the upper side. Flagellum long, very like that of 

 karrooica, Pure., the lightly inflated basal part elongate and strongly 

 curved, laterally compressed, and open along the ventral side, the 

 anterior end attached to the inner side of the finger above the third 

 (intermediate) tooth ; the distal part forming a linear, laterally com- 

 pressed rod, slightly longer than the inflated basal part and strongly 

 curving outwards, but appearing almost straight when seen from the 

 side, the apex suddenly pointed and upturned. 



Abdomen. The tergites in the anterior and middle portion of 

 the abdomen (like those of the thorax) with a number of strong 

 notched spines, replaced by slenderer setae in the posterior segments ; 

 second abdominal segment below with 2 clusters of 3 fleshy, pale 

 yellowish hairs each, meeting distally in the median plane, the hairs 

 long, filiform and curved. 



Pcdipalps with the cylindrical bristles on the dorsal surface of the 

 tibia as long as those on the metatarsus, as in karrooica ; the 

 metatarsus with 3 long, strong, very distinct, ventral spines ; the 

 tibia with 4 (sometimes 3 '?) long spines below. 



Total length 10 mm. 



5 . Only one of the 6 female BlossicR captured appears to be the 

 5 of this species. The colour of this specimen is much as in the $ , 

 except that the limbs are still more faintly infuscated, while the 

 thoracic and abdominal tergites are distinctly, although lightly, tinged 

 with fuscous brown, especially towards the sides. The chelicerae and 

 head-plate are strongly spined, as in the $ (except that the spines 

 are shorter and relatively stouter), and furnished in addition with 

 numerous very short and stout spinules, corresponding in part to the 

 short, cylindrical setae of the other species, some of which setas are 

 .also present here. First 6 abdominal tergites with a row of 

 moderately long spines along hind margin, besides some very short 



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