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rally with a group of minute teeth (up to 20) at the base, rarely 

 almost muticous. 



Posterior spinners with the apical segment short and scarcely or 

 slightly longer than ^ the length of the penultimate segment 

 (measured below). 



Pedipalps. Spine of palpal organ shorter than the bulb, curved 

 and moderately slender (much slenderer than in collinus and nearly 

 as in lightfooti). 



Legs. Tarsi muticous. Metatarsus I rather strongly curved; the 

 under side strongly concave in the proximal half, straight in the 

 distal half, with 2 (sometimes 1) inner and 3 (sometimes 2 or 4) 

 outer spines ; the inner surface besides with 2 (sometimes 3) large, 

 very strong, curved spines near the middle, a smaller spine near the 

 apex and 1-2 (rarely 0) mesial ones along the upper edge ; the outer 

 surface with 1-2 additional spines, and the dorsal surface often with 

 a mesial spine. Tibia I stout, its length along upper side about 

 2-2 times its height at distal end, where it is considerably 

 thickened below ; the distal tubercle strong, bearing 2 very stout, 

 more or less pointed spurs, of which the outer one is a little narrower 

 and longer than the very broad inner one but much stouter than the 

 outer apical spine of the under surface, the tubercle conically pro- 

 duced between the 2 spurs ; proximal tubercle bearing a very stout 

 pointed spur with distinct sigrnoid curvature ; tibia numerously 

 spined and generally with a mesial and a basal spine along inferior 

 inner edge. Tarsi I-III scopulate to the base, the scopulae divided 

 by a narrow band of fine setse in I and II and by a band of longer 

 sete in III; metatarsus I rather thinly scopulate in distal half only, 

 II in distal three-fourths only, III without scopula or at most with a 

 few distal scopular hairs. 



Total length 11-14 mm. 



2. HERMACHASTES GOOLDI n. sp. 



Types. 3 ad. $ (No. 11706) from Stompneus, St. Helena Bay, 

 Malmesbury Division, collected by Mr. J. E. C. Goold in May, 1902. 



$ $ . Closely resembling the foregoing species but slightly 

 smaller. 



Colour. Transverse stripes on abdomen meeting or nearly meet- 

 ing in the median line above. 



Legs. Metatarsus of first leg with 1-2 inner and 3 outer spines 

 below; its inner surface besides with 1, sometimes 2, large curved 

 spines near the middle, a smaller spine near the apex, and generally 



