New South, African Spiders. 105 



GEN. BRACHIONOPUS Poc. 

 1. BRACHIONOPUS ANNULATUS n. sp. 



Type. 1 ex. (No. 12752) from Kentani, Traiiskei (Miss A. Pegler). 



Colour brown, the legs lightly infuscated ; hairs on carapace mostly 

 greenish black, tipped with orange ; abdomen covered with orange- 

 tipped hairs intermingled with black ones, the latter forming the 

 usual pattern of stripes above, the under side spotted with black and 

 with a median black line ; legs yellowish red at the apex and base 

 of the joints ; sternum reddish yellow, with faint median darker 

 stripe. 



Carapace as long as the patella, tibia, and slightly over ^ the 

 metatarsus of first leg, but shorter than the fourth tibia and meta- 

 tarsus. Eyes much as in B. robustus Poc. 



Legs. Tarsi all with the scopula distinctly divided by a band of 

 black setae. Metatarsi I and II with the scopula confined (except at 

 the tip) to the under side of the segment, and provided with 3-4 

 black setae along the middle but not distinctly divided, the length of 

 the scopula very much less than that of the tarsus ; III and IV with 

 a row or band of setas along the middle ; I and II with a single spine 

 at apex ; III and IV with several apical, besides some other spines. 

 Tibia I and II sometimes with an apical spine. 



Labium with a single apical tooth. Coxa of pedipalps with a 

 small basal patch of 7-17 teeth. 



Spinners very short, the 2 apical segments subequal in length and 

 together equalling the basal segment. 



Total length 13| mm. 



2. BRACHIONOPUS TRISTIS n. sp. 



T/jpc. 1 ex. (No. 4197) from Barberton, Transvaal (/. P. Crcgoc, 

 December, 1897). 



? or juv. Colour brown; hairs on carapace pale yellowish, mostly 

 darkened at base ; abdomen covered with yellowish hairs mingled 

 with brown ones, the under side pale yellowish, with stripes of dark 

 brown hairs ; sternum reddish yellow, with faint median infuscate 

 stripe ; legs nearly concolorous. 



Carapace as long as the patella, tibia, and -f of the metatarsus of 

 first leg. 



Legs, spinners, and eyes much as in the previous species. 



Labium with 8 apical teeth. Coxa of pedipalps with about 26-28 

 teeth at base. 



Total length 13* mm. 



