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but becoming pale ochraceous distally, the 2 posterior pairs pale 

 fusco-ochraceous, the femur of third leg strongly darkened ; sternum 

 pale ochraceous, infuscated anteriorly and at the sides ; 2 posterior 

 pairs of coxae pale ochraceous below, the other coxae more or less 

 dark brown. 



Carapace with the thoracic portion covered with confluent granules 

 and ridges, which become sparser and weaker at the anterior lateral 

 angles ; the cephalic portion covered with coarse shallow pits on each 

 side in the posterior part, the anterior part transversely and weakly 

 striated at the sides, the upper part with 3 low keels, of which the 

 lateral ones are abbreviated behind but the median one is continued 

 to the fovea. Carapace a little longer than the metatarsus of first 

 leg and subequal to that of fourth leg. Eyes much as in the 5 . 



Pedipalps not quite reaching to the apex of the tibia of first leg 

 when stretched out in front ; the femur curved, concave on the inner 

 side; the tibia swollen, fusiform, the outer side very convex and the 

 inner side straight, almost f as long as the metatarsus of fourth leg 

 and about f as long as the carapace ; the patella short, its length 

 only a little exceeding ^ the tibia and equal to % the tibia of first leg ; 

 spine of palpal organ much longer than the bulb, the basal three- 

 fourths thicker, gradually tapering and slightly curving down- 

 wards the distal portion slender and filiform, strongly curving 

 outwards. 



Legs. First leg long and slender, the tarsus swollen and scopulate 

 below, with internal and 1-2 external spines ; metatarsus slightly 

 curving downwards distally, scopulate below in the distal fifth or 

 sixth, the under side thickly spined on each side and also with 1-3 

 spines along the median line ; tibia decidedly shorter than the meta- 

 tarsus, spined below and on the inner side ; patella strongly spined 

 distally. Second leg like the first, but shorter, sometimes without 

 spines along the median line of metatarsus below. Third leg with 

 the tarsus slightly swollen below and scopulate, with 4-6 anterior 

 and 7-9 posterior spines ; metatarsus almost straight (except quite 

 at base) ; the spines otherwise much as in the $ of S. schreineri 

 Pure. (Ann. S. A. Mus., v. 3, p. 21). Fourth leg with the tarsus 

 stout, slightly incrassated from the base distally, scopulate almost to 

 the base and furnished with 2-3 internal and 14-15 external spines ; 

 metatarsus very slightly curved, with infero-posterior tuft of setiform 

 spines ; tibia with 6-9 external spines ; patella with a patch of 

 spinules extending over half the length of anterior surface. 



Total length 15 mm. ; length of carapace 6^, of pedipalp (including 

 coxa) 15|, of first leg 26-|. 



