New South African Spiders. 



teeth, the distal tooth often smaller. Anterior tarsi scopulate at the 

 sides ; fourth metatarsus frequently equalling the tibia and patella in 

 the <? , but shorter than these segments in the $ ; anterior tibia 

 generally with 3 inner and 2 outer, longish, inferior spines, in addi- 

 tion to a short apical pair ; superior claws of hind legs with 6-8 

 teeth, the inferior claw not toothed. Body clothed with appressed 

 plumose hairs, as well as with ordinary ciliated hairs. 



Type : P. subcrucifera n. sp. 



The two species described under the names Lycosa lativittata and 

 arbuscula Pure. (Ann. S. A. Mus., v. 3, p. 38, 1903) also fall into this 

 genus. 



1. PTEKAKTOKIA SUBCBUCIFEKA n. sp. 



Specimens. (a) 12 ?? and 10 $ $ (types ; No. 9264, &c.) from 

 the Cape Peninsula (Lions Bump, slopes of Devils Peak and Table 

 Mountain, Camps Bay and Sea Point). 



5 5 . Carapace longer than the fourth metatarsus and subequal 

 to the tibia and metatarsus of first leg, covered with pallid hairs ; 

 colour dark brown or nearly black, the submarginal, yellow lateral 

 bands imperfect ; cephalic portion of median band ampliated, rotund 

 and generally provided with a pair of dark marks, the thoracic por- 

 tion nearly parallel-sided or more or less widened or even subrotund 

 in the anterior part. Dorsal eye-area as long as wide in front, sub- 

 quadrate. Eyes of the second row relatively small and much more 

 than their own diameter apart, the second row wider than the first 

 by nearly \ an eye's diameter on each side. Anterior row of eyes 

 considerably procurved, the eyes small and equal. 



Abdomen. Dorsal surface with a yellow band (or series of spots) 

 on each side, the bands converging and often uniting behind and in 

 front, enclosing a large, mostly dark brown area, which is provided 

 in front with a narrow median yellow line and is frequently trans- 

 versely dilated in places, particularly in the middle, somewhat in the 

 form of a cross ; :;: sides of abdomen black, mottled with yellow ; 

 under surface more or less pale yellowish, often with a dark median 

 stripe. Vulva (pi. viii., fig. 4) somewhat transverse, the greater part 

 occupied by a large 4-sided fovea, which is open along the straight 

 posterior margin ; the raised border enclosing the fovea emarginate 

 in the middle and furnished with a dark spot on each side near 

 hind end. 



Legs pale yellowish, strongly banded with black, especially on the 



* In some specimens the abdomen is provided with a couple of large white 

 median patches posteriorly, placed one behind the other. 



