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

 one another. 



Sternum dark brown or black, sometimes with median yellow line 

 in front. 



Abdomen with the dorsal surface and the sides blackened, the 

 dorsal surface with the usual yellow pattern ; ventral surface pale 

 yellowish. Vulva (pi. viii., iig. 25) allied to that of leipoldti n. sp., 

 but differing in having the anterior part of the median groove and 

 keel strongly widened. 



CheliccrcB with small proximal inferior tooth, large middle tooth, 

 and large or small distal tooth. 



Legs with alternate pale yellowish and infuscate bands. 



$ $ . Carapace and abdomen blacker, the submarginal yellow 

 stripe of the former obsolete, the abdomen with a median infuscate 

 stripe below. 



Legs pale yellowish, not transversely banded, the femora marked 

 longitudinally and often also obliquely with black above, that of 

 first leg broadly blackened in basal half in front and behind or in 

 front only. 



Pedipalps black, with some yellow on the patella ; tibia slightly 

 thickened distally and densely covered, like the basal half of the 

 tarsus, with deep black hairs ; tarsus slightly shorter than the tibia 

 and patella, the free distal portion short, forming less than half of 

 the whole length and provided above with the usual scopula ; bulb 

 not enlarged. 



Length ? ? 5^-6^, $ 3 4-4f mm. 



(b) 1 ? from Worcester (E. H. Lightfoot). 



(c) 1 ? and 1 3 from the Hot Baths near Montagu (TF. F. P.). 

 Legs of 3 without the black dorsal stripe. 



(d) 1 ? from Kimberley (P. L. Sclater). 



6. PABDOSA CRASSIPALPIS n. sp. 



Specimens. (a) 13 ? 2 with cocoons, 533, and several young 

 (Nos. 12613 and 12652) from the river-bed at the Hot Baths near 

 Montagu, collected by my wife and myself in November, 1902. 



$ ? (Types}. Carapace with black lateral bands, the median 

 yellow band broad, dilated behind on the head ; submarginal yellowish 

 bands broad, with a row of black spots laterally, the margin itself 

 marked with a series of black lines. Anterior row of eyes straight or 

 slightly procurved, the median eyes larger than the laterals and 

 nearer to them than to one another. 



