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<lown the middle, the second (situated in the middle of the abdomen) 

 and following marks distinctly W-shaped and furnished with a 

 round white spot on each side ; the spaces between the black 

 markings as well as the large area in front of the anterior mark 

 sometimes dark but generally more or less yellowish and covered 

 with white hairs, the anterior area often bordered by a pair of 

 yellow lines which slightly diverge posteriorly; sides of abdomen 

 mottled with black and white ; under side pale yellowish, without 

 stripes. Vulva (pi. viii., fig. 19) of the same type as in brunneipes ; 

 the median lobe equalling or slightly broader than the lateral 

 lobes. 



Legs yellowish, not browned distally, all the segments from the 

 femur to the metatarsus strongly banded with black ; scopula of 

 anterior tarsi broadly divided by a double row of minute spines ; 

 basal spines of anterior metatarsi long. 



Sternum black, sometimes with a yellow line in the middle. 



Chelicerce pale yellowish at base, darkened distally ; the distal 

 inferior tooth nearly always smaller than the other two. 



$ $ . Differ markedly in the colouration of the abdomen and 

 legs from the ? $ . 



Abdomen with the anterior pair of yellow lines well marked, 

 diverging, often very strongly, posteriorly, and followed by a broad, 

 median yellow band, the latter bordered by black lines and generally 

 also by a row of round white spots on each side ; the W-shaped 

 black marks obliterated along the median line. 



Legs blackened proximally but pale yellowish distally, only faintly 

 or scarcely at all banded ; the patella, tibia, and metatarsus of the 

 first pair covered with silvery white hairs. 



Pedipalps long, the tibia curved, slightly longer than the small 

 tarsus. 



Length $ $ 6-9|, 3 $ 5|-6 mm. 



The pattern on the carapace and abdomen is remarkably variable. 

 In the specimens from Hout Bay and Table Mountain the lateral 

 part of the dorsal surface is frequently brown or greyish. Sometimes 

 the abdomen of the adult $ is coloured like that of a typical 5 , 

 and vice versa, and occasionally the femora of the 3 are strongly 

 banded. 



(b) 1 ? (No. 12377) from Ceres (H. Hermann). 



(c) 1 $ (No. 12696) from the banks of the Breede Eiver at Darling 

 Bridge, Worcester Division (H. Hermann). 



