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slightly less than that which separates each from the hind-lateral 

 eye next to it. The anterior row is curved, the convexity of the 

 curve directed backwards. The fore-central eyes are smaller than 

 the fore-laterals, and the height of the clypeus which has its lower 

 margin prominent exceeds half that of the facial space. 



Legs long, 1, 4, 2, 3 furnished with fine short hairs only, colour 

 brownish yellow, the genuse and the extremities of the tibise and 

 femora strongly suffused with dark brown. 



Palpi similar to the legs in colour, moderately long ; cubital and 

 radial joints of equal length, the former bent, the latter gradually 

 enlarged to the extremity ; digital joint rather large, oval, as long as 

 the cubital and radial together, palpal organs complex, compact, 

 with a strong prominent somewhat twisted corneous process near 

 their extremity on the outer side, and close by is also a pale 

 prominent process. 



Sternum similar in colour to the cephalo thorax. Covered thickly 

 with coarse granulations. 



Abdomen oval ; at its fore extremity is a socket with a corneous 

 rim against which the produced hinder extremity of the cephala- 

 thorax works. The colour of the abdomen is black or black-brown, 

 marked by white lines at the fore-end on the upper side with a large, 

 somewhat exaggerated T-shaped mai'king, followed by a central 

 quadrate figure formed by four white spots, the posterior extremity 

 of the square being shorter than the anterior ; between this and the 

 spinners there are one or two other small white spots or markings 

 more or less visible, and one or two lateral white vertical lines, the 

 most conspicuous being one which runs from within the central 

 quadrate figure nearly to the under side of the abdomen. On the 

 under side is a central reddish and one or two other white spots. The 

 spiracular plates are included in a large continuous, rather prominent 

 coriaceous, or rather corneous-looking plate of a somewhat shining 

 reddish brown colour. 



In the female the colours do not appear to be so vivid nor the 

 markings 011 the abdomen so distinct as those in the male ; in some 

 cases they would probably be almost obsolete. Mr. Purcell remarks 

 that in all examples the markings ( $ , $ ) are white except a red 

 patch on the under side of the abdomen. This patch is large in 

 some cases in the female, but seems to vary much. The form 

 of the genital aperture is distinct and characteristic. 



An abundant species, known as the " knoppies spider," and its 

 bite is dreaded by the natives. 



Halt. Cape Peninsula, " under stones everywhere." 



