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ad. 3 ll-i- mm., and considerably less than that of first two caudal 

 segments ; upper surface of hand coarsely granular throughout in 

 the J ; interocular area dark reddish brown, scarcely lighter than 

 the sides of the carapace. 



(b) 1 ad. $> (dry) from Matjesfontein, alt. 2,970 ft. (E. Trimcn) : 

 No. of pect. teeth 15-16 ; length of carapace 12^ mm., somewhat 

 exceeding that of first two caudal segments ; colour of carapace 

 and granulation of hand as in the specimens from Touws River. 



(c) 1 ad. $ , old spirit specimen, labelled " Sutherland " (alt. 

 4,776 ft.) (Rev. de Vries) : No. of pect. teeth 18 ; length of carapace 

 14f mm., slightly exceeding that of the first two caudal segments ; 

 inner part of upper surface of hands very much smoother in the 

 middle than at the sides ; interocular area much lighter than the 

 sides of the carapace. 



(d) 4 $ (3 ad.), no history attached: No. of pect. teeth 20-22 ; 

 length of carapace 12-12f mm., equalling that of the first and second 

 caudal segments ; interocular area much lighter than the sides of the 

 carapace. 



OPISTHOPHTHALMUS CHAPERI, Simon, 

 Soc. Ent. France (5), x., p. 387, 1880, 3 . 



Area of Distribution. The karroo-like country along the southern 

 side of the great Langeberg Eange from its eastern extremity west- 

 wards as far as Ashton (Worcester and Robertson Divisions). 



(a) 4 ? (ad.) and 3 $ (2 ad.) from the base of the Rabiesberg, 

 near Nuy River Station, Worcester Div. (11. Francke and F. Purcell) : 

 No. of pect. teeth in $ 13-16, in 3 17-19 ; length of carapace in 

 ad. ? 12^-134- mm., in ad. 3 12-12f mm. ; interocular area and 

 inner part of upper surface of hand (except quite distally) ochraceous ; 

 tail yellowish brown ; last segment of the abdominal sterna in the 



? with only a very few weak granules on the rudiments of the, 

 lateral keels. 



(b) 8 ? (4 ad.) and 3 $ (young) from Ashton, Robertson Div. 

 (F. Purcell} : No. of pect. teeth in ? 13-15, in 3 17-18 ; length of 

 carapace in ad. ? 13-14^ mm. ; interocular area and inner basal 

 part of upper surface of hand reddish yellow, the hand much more 

 extensively blackened in the ? , tail dark reddish brown ; last 

 segment of the abdominal sterna in 5 generally with a larger 

 granulated area on each side in the region of the keels. 



Only the male of this species has been described. The following 

 are the principal characters of the adult female : Colour as in the 



