86 Annals of the South African Mnst><it. 



Specimens. A. $ (No. 14,685) from Kentani (H. P. Aberuethy, 

 1909) ; also another <$ (B 782) by the same collector but with no 

 locality or date. 



Colour. Upper surface of clielicerae, cephalothorax, and abdomen 

 deep black ; legs also black with very slight brownish tinge, as far as 

 tibiae ; metatarsi and tarsi brownish-red in colour. Sternum, coxae, 

 and bases of pedipalps very dark brown ; under abdomen black ; 

 genital plate, lung operculae and spinners light brown. 



Cephalothorax. Length equals metatarsus and -*- tarsus of 1st leg, 

 and metatarsus and about tarsus of 4th leg ; also equals tibia and 

 patella, and slightly exceeds metatarsus and tarsus of 2nd leg. Border 

 of carapace .slightly raised ; ridges in centre of cephalic region well 

 marked ; middle one reaching nearly to fovea. 



Eyes. Front row slightly procurved : eyes equidistant ; laterals and 

 medians subequal, the medians being round and dark and the laterals 

 oval. Posterior row slightly recurved ; laterals round, flat, smaller 

 than anterior medians, and dark ; medians light, subtriangular, larger 

 than and almost touching laterals ; and situated almost behind anterior 

 laterals, to which they are subequal in size. 



Spinneig short and stout, equal in length to - the sternum, and 

 infuscated below as in female. Spinners and under abdomen some- 

 what hairy ; upper abdomen sparsely covered with black hairs. 



Labitim long, convex, and muticous. Posterior sternal sigilla long, 

 almost vertical, opposite 2 pair of legs, and more than their long 

 diameter from the margin. 



Pedipalpg. Tibia long and swelling underneath posteriorly. Basal 

 portion of bulb broad and globular and ending in a long stvle, curved 

 outwards, tapering and fine. (Plate IX, fig. 2). 



Chelicerae with 4-5 teeth on outer edge ; 3-4 on inner, with a few 

 denticles between them. 



Legs long and slender. Tarsus I scopulate down centre; band of 

 18 short stout spines down outer side, and 11-12 down inner. 

 Metatarsus I not scopulate but heavily spined underneath and at 

 sides. Tibia I also heavily spined underneath ; patella with a few 

 spines at apex underneath. Tarsus and metatarsus II the same as 

 1st leg ; metatarsi 1 and II are long and swell very gradually distally. 

 Tarsi I and II short compared with tarsi III and IV ; narrow at 

 base and swelling in centre ; broad on top ; scopulated below ; also 

 spined at sides, III less so than IV. Metatarsus III heavily and 

 irregularly spined underneath and at sides (spines longer). Femora 

 I and II long and slender; III and IV stouter and shorter and 

 swelling in centre below ; III shorter than IV or II. 



