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on the femora ; tibia I long and slender, thinner than the tibia of 

 the pedipalps and clothed with a very few fine hairs. 



Pedipalps with the femur infuscated, the patella and tibia pale 

 yellowish ; tibia slightly curved, much more than twice as long as 

 thick, clothed with fine white hairs, its length a little exceeding that 

 of the patella and only very slightly less than that of the tarsus ; 

 tarsus yellowish brown, the bulb + tarsus (seen from the side) 

 .slender, only a little thicker than the tibia. 



Total length ? 5f , $ 4| mm. 



3. TRAB^A UNICOLOR n. sp. 



Type. I 3 (No. 3984) from French Hoek (IF. F. P., October, 1898) 



$ . Whole spider unicolorous, pale yellowish ; the head with a 

 black patch at each eye ; the spines and some of the hairs black. 



Carapace shaped as in raria n. sp. Anterior row of eyes very 

 strongly procurved ; eyes of the second row smaller and less convex 

 than in varia n. sp., their distance apart much greater than their 

 diameter ; posterior eyes rather small ; dorsal eye-area parallel-sided 

 but a little wider than long. 



Sternum very broad, nearly rotund. 



Legs. Tibia I stout and rather short, stouter than the tibia of the 

 pedipalps, thickly clothed with short black hairs above and longer 

 ones below. 



Pedipalps. Tibia short and stout, not twice as long as thick, 

 subequalling the patella in length but considerably shorter than the 

 tarsus, and clothed with black hairs. Tarsus + bulb of palpal organ 

 (seen from the side) small, not thicker than the tibia, the apical part 

 of tarsus whitish. 



Total length 3^ mm. 



4. TRAB^A NIGRICEPS n. sp. 



Type. 1 $ (No. 5706) from Doornnek, in the Zuurbergen, 

 Alexandria Division (I. L. Dreijc, October, 1899). 



$ . Carapace broad, with a single, very wide, infuscate median 

 band ; this band as wide as the ocular area, black in the ocular region 

 but paler behind, parallel-sided, becoming narrower only quite pos- 

 teriorly, its hind end with a yellow emargination ; lateral parts of 

 carapace very broadly pale yellowish, the margins with fine black 

 lines and some submarginal spots. Head rather high in front, the 

 distance of the eyes of the second row from the anterior margin, if 

 anything, slightly greater than the diameter of these eyes, which is 



