New South African Spiders. 125- 



(d) 1 $ (No. 9432) from Hanover, Cape Colony (S. C. Cronwright 

 Schreiner, 1901). Abdomen black above, with narrow median yellow 

 stripe anteriorly. 



(e) 14 ? $ , 4 $ $ , and 1 young (No. 8383) from Dunbrody, on the-- 

 Sundays Eiver, Uitenhage Division (1898, Eev. J. A. O'Neil). Dark- 

 coloured specimens. 



8. LYCOSA LIGHTFOOTI n. sp. 



Specimens. (a) 8 ? ? and 3 3 $ (types; No. 12170, c.) from 

 the Cape Peninsula (Eetreat, Bergvliet and Maitland Flats, Kalk 

 Bay and Table Mountains). 



? 3 . Closely resembling L. nivosa n. sp., but differing in the 

 form of the vulva and the number of the spines on the legs. 



Abdomen black, the under surface yellowish (often black in $}, the 

 dorsal surface generally with paler, median anterior stripe and 3 

 yellow spots on each side of it, often followed by some transverse 

 yellow bars posteriorly. Vulva with the 2 shallow depressions not 

 converging but rather slightly diverging anteriorly. 



Tibia of first leg generally with 3 inner inferior spines (the small 

 basal spine being rarely absent). 



Sternum dark brown or black. 



Total length ? ? 5-7, $ $ 5 mm. 



(b) 2 $ ? (No. 12384-5) from the Waterfall Mountains, Tulbagh 

 Division (E. M. Lightfoot). 



9. LYCOSA CRETATA n. sp. 



Specimens. (a) 2 $ $ (December) and 8 2 ? (November, De- 

 cember) (No. 6065, &c.), several with cocoons, from the Cape 

 Peninsula. 



Allied to L. brunncipes Pure. 



? $ . Carapace about as long as the metatarsus of fourth leg or 

 the tibia together with from over ^ to nearly - of the metatarsus of 

 first leg ; dark lateral bands very broad ; the marginal dark stripe 

 often broader than the submarginal yellowish stripe, which is con- 

 tinued to anterior end of head ; head with a second, short yellow 

 stripe on each side just below the posterior eyes ; thoracic portion of 

 median yellow band narrow, almost parallel- sided throughout or 

 dilated at hind end, the cephalic portion very broad, containing a 

 black median stripe, the ( )-shaped black stripes in the band only 

 slightly curved, very well marked, extending up to the ocular area, 

 their anterior and posterior ends generally united with the dark 



