New South African Spiders. 



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upper part of the tube is more widely funnel-shaped, being strongly 

 widened all round, particularly at the hinge side, from about 10 mm. 

 from the outer edge. The lids resemble those of S. schreineri in 

 shape, the peripheral surface being strongly bevelled and passing 

 over gradually into the lower surface at the rounded lower edge. 



FIG. 2. Section through upper part of trap-door burrow of S. erythrognathu* 

 n. sp. (nat. size) ; a, edge of tube-lining. 



The under side is, however, provided with a circle of conspicuous 

 pits, as in the lid of unispinosus Pure. The dimensions of a nest 

 are as follows : Width of lid taken parallel to hinge 30 mm., taken 

 at right angles to hinge 31 ; width of hinge 6 ; width of hole at about 

 15 mm. from edge 19 ; average thickness of lid about 4^. 



2. 



STASIMOPUS BBEVIPALPIS n. sp. 



Specimens. (a.} Two large and 2 smaller 2 ? and 1 ad. $ (Nos. 

 8846 and 8895) from the farm " Bonnie Vale," at Bushmans Drift, 

 on the Breede Eiver, Swellendam Division (near Ashton), dug out of 

 the ground by Mr. Charles Groom during the construction of a water 

 furrow. 



2 ? (Types}. Colour as in S. leipolclti Pure. (Trans. S. A. Phil. 

 Soc., v. 11, p. 348) or even darker, the abdomen without conspicuous 

 dark patch above. 



