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Sternum black, with median yellow line. Clidicerce with the 

 inferior middle tooth larger than the proximal and distal teeth. 



Abdomen black, with yellow spots, the under side pale yellowish. 

 Vulva (pi. viii., fig. 23) very large, containing a large, longitudinal, 

 black-rimmed fovea, which is dilated behind. 



Legs blackened, more yellowish distally, the third and fourth 

 metatarsi blackened at apex ; spines on anterior tibia and metatarsus 

 long ; fourth metatarsus subequal to the tibia and patella. 



$ $ . Carapace as in 5 or entirely black. 



Abdomen almost entirely black, also below. Sternum black. 



Legs with the femora blackened, the distal segments and the apex 

 of the femora pale yellowish, but the distal two-thirds of the third 

 metatarsus deep black. 



Peclipalps black, the bulb not large, only about ^ the tarsus in 

 length and provided at base below with a short sharp process directed 

 forwards and outwards, the distal part of the tarsus longish, cylin- 

 drical in appearance, when seen from the side, and covered above 

 with a dark grey scopula ; the tarsus longer than the tibia and 

 patella together, the distal claw inconspiciious. 



Length ? 4f , <? <? 4|- mm. 



(b) 2 $ 5 from Kentani, Transkei (Eev. F. C. Kolbc). Anterior 

 row of eyes scarcely or not at all procurved. 



(c) 2 ? 5 from Van Stadens Eiver, Uitenhage Division (I.L. Drege). 

 Anterior row of eyes not procurved ; legs and sternum yellowish in 

 one specimen and black or at least very dark in the other. 



(d) 1 ? from Pocaltsdorp, George Division (Hiss L. Lcipoldt). 



(e) 1 cT from Umtali, Mashonaland (D. L. Patrick, November, 

 1901). Somewhat lighter in colour than the $ $ of the typical form. 



4. PABDOSA LEIPOLDTI n. sp. 



Specimens. (a) 1 ? (No. 3562) from Clanwilliam (C. L. Leipoldt, 

 October, 1897) and 1 $ from the same locality (R. M. Light foot, 

 November, 1899). 



2 (Type}. Carapace with infuscate lateral bands, the median 

 band narrow, pale yellowish, 3-pronged on the head, the submarginal 

 stripes broad, pale yellowish, becoming slightly obscured towards the 

 finely blackened lateral margins. Anterior row of eyes straight, the 

 median eyes slightly larger than the laterals and nearer to them than 

 to one another. 



Sternum pale yellow, with 3 black marginal dots on each side and a 

 large oval infuscate mark with yellow centre nearer the middle. 



