162 Annals of the SoutJi African Museum. 



resembling it closely in the long spine connected with the palpal 

 organs. 



Hab. Eamskop (Clamvilliam Division), Cape Colony. 



SUB-FAMILY ERIGONINI. 



GEN. LUCRINUS. 



Cephalothorax longer than broad, obtuse before, broad and some- 

 what excavate behind in profile line, considerably elevated at the 

 junction of caput and thorax, lateral marginal impressions at the 

 caput well marked ; height of clypeus rather exceeds half the facial 

 space. 



Eyes rather closely grouped together, those of the posterior row are 

 in a straight transverse line, equally separated. The convexity of the 

 curve of the anterior line directed forwards. The fore-centrals are 

 much smallest, the rest subequal, the fore-laterals perhaps the 

 largest. The central quadrangle nearly a square, but narrowest in 

 front. 



Legs moderately long, slender, subequal in length, 4, 1, 2, 3 

 furnished with hairs only. 



Falccs normal. 



Maxillce short, and inclined towards the labium. 



Labium apparently very short, broader than high, and rounded at 

 the apex. 



Sternum about equal in length and breadth, convex, rather round, 

 obtuse at the posterior extremity. 



LUCRINUS PUTUS, sp. n. (PL XII., fig. 4.) 



Adult female, length three-fourths of a line. 



Cephalothorax, falces, maxilla, labium, and sternum dark yellow- 

 brown ; legs and palpi paler ; abdomen black. 



This little spider appears to be nearly allied to Gongylidiellum and 

 other European forms, but I cannot fit it in satisfactorily to any of 

 our genera, and have therefore, though with some hesitation, based a 

 new genus upon it. 



Hab. Village of Clanwilliam, Cape Colony. 



