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of the upper surface of the femora and of the under surface of the 

 trochanters and patellee ; abdomen blackish, the under side paler. 



Carapace as long as the tibia, metatarsus, and \ of the tarsus of 

 fourth leg. 



Ocular area wider than long, its width f of the length of the first 

 metatarsus. Area formed by the frontal eyes and the anterior 

 median eyes of the posterior group parallel- sided and about 1^ times 

 as long as wide behind ; the frontal eyes about \ an eye's diameter 

 apart, with the visual axis inclined upwards at an angle of about 

 45 ; anterior median eyes of the posterior group much more than an 

 eye's diameter apart. Posterior row of eyes with its hind margin 

 straight, the median eyes small, much nearer to the laterals than to 

 one another, their outer margins much further apart than those of 

 the anterior median eyes ; posterior lateral eyes large, their dis- 

 tance from the anterior margin of the carapace subequal to their 

 distance from the posterior median eye of the other side. 



Pedipalps spined as in Gorgyrella namaquensis (Trans. S. A. Phil. 

 Soc., v. 11, p. 351). 



Legs. Tibia of first leg as long as the metatarsus and about f of 

 the tarsus. Tibia of second leg with only 3 external spines or spini- 

 forrn setae. Patella of third leg with about 4 stout spines overhang- 

 ing the upper posterior part of the distal edge. All the tarsi spined 

 below. 



Total length 28 mm. ; length of carapace 11 ; length of metatarsus 

 of first leg 3f . 



5. ACANTHODON FRYI 11. Sp. 



Type. I ? (No. 12756) found by Mr. Harold A. Fry at Johannes- 

 burg, Transvaal, between December, 1902, and March, 1903. 



$ . Colour. Carapace brown, paler mesially behind ; chelicerae 

 dark reddish ; legs brown, the tibias, metatarsi, and tarsi of the 2 

 anterior pairs and the tibia and tarsus of the pedipalps darker ; 

 abdomen black, the under side paler. 



Carapace as long as the patella, tibia, and -| the metatarsus of first 

 leg, but slightly shorter than the tibia and metatarsus of fourth leg. 



Ocular area wider than long, its width only very slightly less than 

 the length of the metatarsus of first leg. Area formed by the frontal 

 eyes and the anterior median eyes of the posterior group almost 

 parallel-sided (only very slightly wider in front) and about twice as 

 long as wide behind ; the frontal eyes large, oval, nearly ^ a long 

 diameter apart and looking slightly upwards, the visual axes cutting 



