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femora ; tarsi and metatarsi of 2 anterior pairs scopulate at the 

 sides. 



Sternum blackened. Chelicerce with the distal inferior tooth 

 generally smaller. 



$ $ . Abdomen very differently marked, the dorsal surface black 

 towards the sides and provided with a median, yellow or brownish 

 red band which is very broad in the anterior half but much narrower 

 (rarely absent) in the posterior half of abdomen, the anterior portion 

 of the band furnished with a median stripe of white hairs, the stripe 

 often bordered on each side by a black line ; under surface often 

 blackened. Carapace with the sides of the head steep. Fourth 

 metatarsus as long as the tibia and patella. 



Length 3 3 4f-6|, 2 2 7-8 mm. 



(b) 1 3 and 1 2 (No. 3285) from Ceres (W. F. P.). 



(c) 1 $ (No. 12369) from the banks of the Breede Eiver at 

 Darling Bridge, Worcester Division (H. Hermann]. 



(d) 8 $3 and 322 (No. 7828) from Brandvlei, Worcester 

 Division (I. Meiring, W. F. P.). 



2. PTEKARTORIA CALDARIA n. sp. 



Type. I 2 (No. 12649) from the Hot Baths near Montagu 

 (November, 1902, W. F. P.). 



2 . Carapace subequal to the first tibia and metatarsus but a 

 little longer than the fourth metatarsus ; colour brown, the sub- 

 marginal stripes formed of a row of yellow spots on each side ; the 

 median yellow band broad, the cephalic portion broadly oval, con- 

 stricted behind, the thoracic portion widened and oval anteriorly. 

 Anterior row of eyes considerably procurved, a little narrower than 

 the second row, the eyes subequal ; eyes of the second row moder- 

 ately large, scarcely more than their own diameter apart ; dorsal 

 eye-area a little shorter than wide in front, subquadrate. 



Abdomen reddish brown above, with yellowish plumose hairs; the 

 narrow median yellow stripe on anterior half dilated transversely in 

 front ; posterior part of abdomen with a series of transverse black 

 lines down middle ; ventral surface pale yellowish. 



Vulva (pi. viii., fig. 5) related to that of the previous form but 

 more complicated, the median emargination of the border deeper 

 and preceded by an additional transverse edge ; a transverse black 

 line present on each side posteriorly. 



,S'/Vnmw black, with large yellow patch. 



Clidicera yellow at base, black distally, the distal inferior tooth 

 smaller. 



