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(b) 10 2 (3 ad.) and 19 $ (4 ad.), from Beaufort West, alt. 2,850 ft. 

 (Rev. G. H. E. Fivk, J. P. Cregoe, F. Piircell) : No. of pect. teeth 

 in 2 19-22, in $ 25-31; length of carapace in ad. 2 14^-16 mm., 

 in ad. $ 13-14 mm. ; seg. 5 of the abdominal sterna in the 2 

 smooth or scarcely granular in the middle, weakly granular in the 

 depressions at the posterior lateral angles ; seg. 2-5 in the $ 

 finely and densely granular throughout, or seg. 2-4 wrinkled in 

 the middle. 



(c) 8 2 (5 ad.) and 8 $ (3 ad.), from Prince Albert Village, alt. 

 2,120 ft. (F. Purcell): No. of pect. teeth in 2 19-22, in 3 24-31; 

 length of carapace in ad. 2 14J-16 mm., in ad. $ 14f-15 mm. ; 

 seg. 5 of the abdominal sterna in the ? with a few weak mesial 

 granules posteriorly, seg. 2-5 in ad. $ finely and densely granular 

 throughout. 



(<7) 4 2 (1 ad.) and 7 juv. $ , from Laingsburg, Prince Albert 



Div., alt. 2,128 ft. (F. Purcell): No. of pect. teeth in 2 19-22, in 



$ 24-30 ; length of carapace in ad. 2 15^- mm. ; seg. 5 of the 



abdominal sterna in the ad. 2 thickly granular, smooth only along 



the anterior border. 



(e) 20 2 (12 ad.) and 20 3 (9 ad.), from Ashton, Eobertson Div. 

 (F. Purcell) : No. of pect. teeth in 2 15-19 (rarely 21), in 3 21-24 

 (rarely 27) ; length of carapace in ad. 2 1H-13J mm., in ad. 3 

 Hi-12f mm. ; seg. 5 of the abdominal sterna in the ad. 2 perfectly 

 smooth except in the shallow postero-lateral depressions, where it is 

 usually provided with a few weak granules ; seg. 2 and 3 in the 3 

 smooth or nearly so, granular at the sides, seg. 3 sometimes granular 

 along hind margin, seg. 4 and 5 densely and finely granular ; width 

 of hand in 2 somewhat greater than the length of hand-back ; under 

 side of first caudal segment in the 2 weakly granular, except quite 

 anteriorly, where it is generally smooth ; under side of humerus 

 nearly smooth, with at most 6-9 small granules in the 3 , very 

 sparsely granular in the 2 , although more granular than in the 3 . 

 In other respects these specimens resemble the types. 



OPISTHOPHTHALMUS GIGAS, Purcell, 

 Ann. S. Afr. Mus., i., p. 5, 1898, 3 and 2 . 



The probable locality of the type specimens is Warmbad (Nisbet 

 Bath), in Great Namaqualand, German South- West Africa. The 

 Museum has recently acquired a number of fine specimens of this 

 giant species, collected by Mr. Max Schlechter, in Bushmanland, 

 Cape Colony. These specimens differ from the types in a few points 



