72 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Allied to M. mordax n. sp. 



$ . Abdomen olivaceous black, the opercula and the genital seg- 

 ment yellowish below. 



Carapace wide, the thoracic portion almost rotundate ; the length 

 a little exceeding that of the tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus of first leg 

 but less than that of the tibia and metatarsus of fourth leg. Fovea 

 smaller, semicircular, with a small median groove behind it. Ocular 

 area with its width exceeding the length of the first metatarsus ; 

 posterior median eyes oval, less than the anterior medians in length 

 but a little longer than the small posterior laterals and rather remote 

 from them. 



Coxa III with a basal patch of spiniform setae ; II with a much 

 smaller and scarcely distinct group (formed of 6-8 setae placed closer 

 together than elsewhere). 



Labiinn with 20 teeth in anterior part. 



Total length 14i mm. 



The MifjidcB (2 2) from Cape Colony* may be grouped as 

 follows : 



a . Fourth metatarsus without apical inf ero-posterior tuft of spiniform setae ; femur 

 of second leg with only fine hairs below. Nest arboreal and provided with two 

 doors. Eastern Cape Colony f Pu'cilomiyas abrahami (0. P. Cambr.). 



b. Fourth metatarsus with an apical infero-posterior tuft of 3-5 spiniform setee 

 regularly arranged in a transverse row ; femur of second leg with 1-2 rows of 

 stout spiniform setae below Mogyridyea 0. P. Cambr. 



a 1 . Coxa of third leg with a basal patch of short stout spinules. 



a 2 . Coxae of first, second, and third legs with basal patch of spinules. Nest 

 arboreal and with one door.J Grahamstown and Uitenhage Division. 



M. dyeri O. P. Cambr. 



I 2 . Coxae of second and third legs only with basal patch of spinules. Terres- 

 trial. Montagu J/. mordax n. sp. 



c 2 . Coxa of third leg only with basal patch of spinules. 



fl3. Posterior median eyes narrow elongate ; the anterior laterals very 

 large and convex. Clanwilliam or Van Ehyns Dorp Divisions. 



M. leipoldti n. sp. 



* 211. meyeri Karsch (Zeit. ges. Naturw., v. 52, p. 384) is evidently a Stasimopus 

 but certainly not a Moggridgea. 



f The Museum has 1 ? from Seymour, Stockenstrom Division, and one with its 

 nest from the Pirie Bush near Kingwilliamstown (F. A. Pym). The latter was 

 found on a Knobwood Tree. The types came from Grahamstown. P. pulchripes 

 E. Simon (Ann. Soc. ent. Belg., r. 47, p. 23, 1903), from Natal, differs according to 

 Simon's description in having the anterior lateral eyes smaller, instead of larger,, 

 than the medians. 



J The Museum has specimens from Grahamstown (Dr. Sclionland). 



