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Spines on first tibia very long, the longer ones exceeding half the 

 tibia in length. 



Total length 7 mm. 



(b) 1 $ (No. 12388) from the Waterfall Mountains, Tulbagh 

 Division (E. M. Lightfoot, November, 1902). Legs lighter; oval 

 marks on chelicerge C-shaped ; abdomen not banded below. 



(c) 1 $ (No. 5880) with cocoon from Clanwilliam (B. M. Lightfoot, 

 November, 1899). Much lighter in colour, the legs yellowish, the 

 abdomen without median band below, the chelicerae with a small 

 basal and middle spot in front. 



2. TRAB^A VARIA n. sp. 



Specimens. 1 ? (No. 5865) from the Cedarbergen (between 

 Clanwilliam and Pakhuis) and 1 $ (No. 5888) from Clanwilliam, 

 both collected by Mr. E. M. Lightfoot in November, 1899. 



? (Type). Carapace broad behind, much shorter than the fourth 

 metatarsus and than the first tibia and metatarsus ; colour pale 

 yellowish, with a pair of broad, lightly infuscated lateral bands and 

 narrowly infuscated lateral margins ; submarginal stripes submonili- 

 forrn, composed of 3 large, pale yellowish, partly confluent spots ; 

 head yellow, with a black patch at each eye. Anterior row of eyes 

 less procurved, the median eyes placed slightly above the line joining 

 the superior margins of the laterals, the eyes subequal ; dorsal eye- 

 area almost forming a square, being only very slightly wider behind 

 than in front, and its lateral length only slightly less than its anterior 

 width, the eyes of the second row very large and convex, their 

 distance apart scarcely greater than their diameter, the posterior 

 eyes also large. 



Sternum pale yellowish, rotundate. 



Abdomen pale yellowish, the upper and lateral surfaces with 

 infuscate lines and markings. Vulva as in the preceding form. 



Chelicera pale ochraceous, with infuscate ring in front and 3 sub- 

 equal inferior teeth. 



Legs pale yellowish, strongly banded, except on the tarsi ; tarsi 

 I and II with thin, weak lateral scopula, tarsi III and IV and all the 

 metatarsi apparently without any scopular hairs ; spines on tibia I 

 long but less than -J- the tibia in length. 



3 . Carapace (including the sides of the head) more darkly 

 infuscated laterally, the submarginal yellow stripe narrow. 



Abdomen black, with short, pale yellow median stripe in front. 



Legs only faintly banded, pale yellowish, with some faint bands 



