448 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Measurements. Total length 21 mm. ; length of cephalothorax 

 10 mm., width 7 mm. A 9 specimen (No. 14666) from Pokwani, 

 though sub-adult, seems referable to this species. The species is also 

 recorded from Kimberley. 



ERESTJS FUMOSUS, Koch (Plate XXIX, figs. 3 and 2c). 



1837-9. E. fumosus, G. Koch, Arach. vol. 4. p. 100, f. 314. Type 9 . 



1864. Eresus (Eresa) fumosa, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. p. 300. 9 



1865. E. bubo, L. Koch, Verb. Zool. bot. Ges. Wien, Bd. 15, p. 878. 9 . 



1907. E. fumosus, Strand, Zool. Jahrb. Jena. Abt. F. Syst. vol. 5, 25, 



p. 564. 9 . 



1908. E. fumosus, Purcell iu. Schultzes Eeise, Zool. Bd. 1, 9 . Jena. 



Denkschr. Med. Ges. v, 13, p. 222. 



Specimens. (No. B 1600) from Naauwpoort, near Hanover (Dr. 

 W. F. Purcell, 10/05). 



Colour. Carapace dark, black-red ; legs and palp slightly lighter 

 and browner. Abdomen infuscated testaceous, slightly darker on 

 under surface and sparsely covered with short whitish hairs and 

 longer darker ones ; dorsal sigilla white ringed, and posterior to 

 sigilla are 4-5 light oblique markings sloping down from central 

 line. Sternum, coxae, etc., dark brown ; legs covered with pale hairs 

 having a whitish sheen. 



Carapace. Well but not abruptly arched anterior to fovea (cf. 

 Plate XXIX, fig. 2c, 9 ) ; also slightly arched posterior to fovea, thus 

 leaving a more level, fan-shaped area on each side from fovea to border. 

 Surface finelv granular and covered in centre with dull olivaceous 



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hairs, which become lighter and whiter anteriorlv on ocular area, and 



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posteriorly to fovea ; apparently with no spines but with some short 

 stout bristles. Carapace equal iu length to patella, tibia and \ of 

 metatarsus, and subequal to tibia and metatarsus of 1st leg ; also 

 equal to tibia, metatarsus and | tarsus of 4th leg. Width equal to 

 distance from fovea to hind margins of posterior median eyes, and 

 equal to metatarsus and i of the tarsus, and to patella and |, or 

 slightly more, of tibia of first leg. Thoracic portion broader than 

 cephalic. 



Eyes. Posterior medians about 1^- diameters apart, and about 2 

 diameters from anterior laterals. Centres of anterior medians on or 

 slightly below a line joining lower margins of posterior median eyea ; 

 posterior laterals slightly nearer together than anterior laterals. 

 Ocular area not quite 3 times as wide as long. 



