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Lerjs Clothed with longish dark hairs, often bristle-like. Tarsi 

 scopulate and spineless. Metatarsus I with very few scopular hairs 

 anteriorly, and bearing 2 apical and 3 other spines on the under 

 surface ; metatarsus II with no scopular hairs, but with many bristly 

 ones ; '.\ apical, and 3 other spines on lower surface ; metatarsi III and 

 IV well spined. Patella III with 3 spines anteriorly, and clothed with 

 fairly stiff hairs ; patella IV with no spines or stout bristles. 



Tarsal claws of 4th leg with 5-6 teeth on outer side towards base 

 (distal 3 large), and 4 in a more distal position on the axial side; 1st 

 leg with the usual S-shaped line of teeth, composed of 5 outer basal 

 ones and 5 inner or axinl ones, very much smaller in size. 



Measurements. Ghelicerae to end of abdomen 20'5 mm. ; spinners 

 2*6 mm. Carapace 7 mm. long and 5 mm. wide; sternum 3'5 mm. 

 long and '> mm. wide. One specimen, larger than the rest, had 

 measurements as follows : Length 25 mm. ; spinners 3'25 mm. ; cara- 

 pace 7 - 5 mm. long and 5 - 25 mm. wide ; sternum 4 mm. long and 3'6 

 wide. The spination was also slightly stronger. This species is 

 remarkably like in appearance colour, size, etc. to a number of 

 Hermacha (see under H. niijra), collected by Dr. Broom at the same 

 place and date. 



According to the collector, the tubes of these specimens had low 

 turrets round their openings, and interiorly had a looping passage 

 connecting the lower with the upper end. 



SPIROCTENUS PILOSUS, n. sp. 



Specimens. One $ (Type, No. B250), from Smithfield, Orange 

 Free State (Dr. Kannemeyer). 



This specimen has been named provisionally in the absence of 

 further material, since little is known of the Orange Free State 

 Spiroctenidae ; and the example certainly differs from the Cape ? ? . 



Colour. Carapace medium brown; cephalic portion infuscated, 

 especially along median and lateral lines; slight infuscate radiations 

 from fovea ; abdomen of specimen rather crushed ; sternum and coxae 

 of legs ochraceous brown, slightly redder anteriorly ; labium dark ; 

 chelicerae red-brown below, darker above; femora of legs ochraceous, 

 tinged olivaceous above, and from patella onwards ochraceous brown, 

 becoming slightly redder distally. 



Carapace.- Ornamented with tine, rather scattered hairs, which are 

 more numerous posteriorly. Equal in length to tibia and metatarsus 

 of 1st leg, and exceeding metatarsus and tarsus, and also patella and 

 tibia of 4th leg. Metat.arsus of 1st leg subequal in length to the 

 tibia. Fovea slightly procurved. 



