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Abdomen with a very broad, almost parallel-sided median band of 

 closely appressed, white or pale brownish yellow hairs, almost cover- 

 ing the dorsal surface, this band provided with scattered long black 

 setae and on each side posteriorly a series of fascicles of long white 

 ones ; sides of abdomen black, with brownish hairs, the lower parts 

 with white hairs intermixed ; ventral surface black. 



Sternum black. Chelicercs with 2 inferior teeth. 



Legs testaceous, clothed with white hairs, the femora partly 

 infuscated or banded ; anterior tarsi and at least the distal part of 

 anterior metatarsi thinly scopulate at the sides ; first tibia with 3 

 outer and 3 inner long spines in addition to a small apical pair. 



Pcdipalps brown, the tibia slightly longer than the patella, the two 

 segments together much longer than the tarsus ; palpal organ not 

 prominent, provided with a sharp spur at outer edge near the middle 

 and a smaller point both in front of and behind the spur, in addition 

 to the curved apical process. 



Total length 3 $ 5J-5| mm. 



GEN. PAEDOSA C. Koch. 

 1. PARDOSA LYCOSINA n. sp. 



Specimens. (a) 2 $ ? (No. 4234) from Dunbrody, on the Sundays 

 Eiver, Uitenhage Division (Rev. J. A. O'Neil). 



? 2 Carapace brownish black, \vith reddish yellow median and 

 submarginal bands, all with zig-zag edges, the subrnarginal bands 

 with white hairs. Anterior median eyes considerably larger than the 

 laterals and much nearer to them than to one another, the lower 

 margins of these eyes in a straight line. 



Sternum brownish black, with short median yellow stripe anteriorly ; 

 in one specimen merely lightly infuscated. 



Abdomen blackened, the dorsal surface with a median and 2 lateral 

 yellowish stripes anteriorly, followed by paired yellowish transverse 

 spots which are often confluent in pairs in the median line and pro- 

 vided each with one or more small black dots ; ventral surface pale 

 yellowish. Vulva (pi. viii., fig. 21) large, with large 3-lobed fovea 

 behind containing a narrow median bar which is broadly dilated 

 posteriorly, the ends of the cross bar themselves strongly curving 

 forwards. 



Legs dark, with alternate yellow and black bands ; all the tarsi 

 and the first 3 pairs of metatarsi scopulate, the posterior ones at the 

 sides only ; fourth metatarsus equal to or shorter than the tibia and 

 patella. 



