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Legs. Clothed with yellow pubescence and longer fine dark hairs ; 

 under sides paler with olivaceous tinge, especially on femora. Meta- 

 tarsus of 1st leg similar to H. curvipes ; considerably curved and 

 much narrower at base. 



Peilipalps. Tibia with 2 spines on outer side anteriorly ; 2 under- 

 neath on outer side towards middle, 2 inside underneath by bulb, and 

 3 on the inner side towards apex. Bulb somewhat pear-shaped, 

 tapering to a hard dark style which curves slightly out and up, and 

 reaches about :] wa,y down the tibia (Text-fig. 6). 



Spines. Tarsus and metatarsus of 1st leg spineless, or with at 

 most one spine on under side of metatarsus ; tibia has a very stout 

 curved spine on outer side at apex, and 2 others towards the centre ; 

 0-1 basal spines on outer under surface, 1-2 spines on inner under 



p I0 . r,._ Hennncha fulvus, n. sp. Eight hand pedipalp, outer side. 



surface and 2 on inner side. Metatarsus II with 0-1 spines at apex 

 and 1-2 on outer side of under surface. Metatarsi III and IV heavily 

 and somewhat irregularly spined. 



Scopula on tarsus and metatarsus of both 1st and 2nd legs fairly 

 dense and undivided ; scopula on tarsus of 3rd leg undivided ; meta- 

 tarsus scopulated over nearly TT its length ; scopula on tarsus of 4th 

 leg divided by a band of setae ; metatarsus with setose, but with no 

 scopular hairs. 



Measvirements. Total length 13 mm. ; spinners 2'9 mm. ; carapace 

 6 mm. long and 4'2 mm. wide. 



HERMACHA NIGRA, n. sp. 



Specimens. Two ? ? (Types, No. 13,899), Bergvleit Flats, Cape 

 Peninsula (Dr. W. F. Purcell, 9/04) ; 15 ? ? and jv. (No. 12,166). 

 Bergvleit Flats, Cape Peninsula (Dr. W. F. Purcell, 10/02). 



Carapace. Dark mahogany brown with sparse short yellowish 

 hairs, somewhat denser towards the hinder portion. Equal in length 



