84 Annals of tlic South African Museum. 



transverse and large ; the posterior row with its anterior margin 

 straight or scarcely recurved, the median eyes obliquely oval, larger 

 than the anterior medians and posterior laterals and situated close to 

 the latter, being distant from them only -J of an eye's diameter, their 

 distance apart slightly less than or almost equal to the distance 

 between the anterior lateral eyes ; posterior lateral eyes oval, small, 

 their distance apart subequal to the width of the anterior row, which 

 is not very much less than that of the posterior row ; distance between 

 the posterior and anterior lateral eyes equal to or less than the long 

 diameter of the latter. 



Pedipalps with the broad band of short spines on inner surface of 

 tarsus extending to the base ; the 3-5 spines on inner side of the 

 tibia scattered over almost the whole length of the segment ; tarsus 

 with a minute basal patch of only about 10 spinules above, the tibia 

 with a similar distal patch of spinules. 



Legs. Tibia of first leg subequal to or slightly longer than the 

 metatarsus, its length also considerably exceeding the width of the 

 posterior row of eyes ; internal band of spines on tibia occupying 

 more than 1 the length of the segment ; basal patch of spinules on 

 the metatarsus small, occupying i-i of the length of the upper sur- 

 face, the tibia with a similar, slightly smaller apical patch. Third 

 leg with about 15-18 spines in the anterior and a similar number in 

 the posterior band on the metatarsus ; patella with a distal patch of 

 spinules above ; the distal patch on the tibia extending over \ the 

 length of the dorsal surface ; metatarsus without apical spines above. 

 Fourth leg with the large patch of red spinules on the patella extend- 

 ing over f or less of the anterior surface ; infero-apical tuft on the 

 metatarsus composed of about 6-8 subequal setiform spines regularly 

 arranged in a transverse row. 



Total length of dried specimen 17 mm.; length of carapace 8^-, 

 width 6f ; length of metatarsus of first leg 3 ; width of ocular 

 area 2^. 



Nest. Lid thick and cork-shaped, much like that of S. unispinosus 

 Pure. (Ann. S. A. Mus., v. 3, pi. 1, figs. 1-2), the peripheral surface 

 strongly marked and scarcely bevelled, except on the hinge side ; 

 under surface flattened, but with the ring of pits almost obliterated ; 

 hinge very broad. 



The following is a synopsis of the species ( ? ? ) from Cape Colony 

 in the Collection :;: : 



* ,S*. caffrus (C. L. Koch), S. meyeri (Karsch) (see note on p. 72), S. artifex and 

 xchonlandi Poe., from Cape Colony, are not known to me. 



