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clothed basally with white hairs and apically with dark hairs. 

 Abdomen testaceous with a slightly darker median band ; hairs fine 

 and light in colour ; under surface dark, genital fold with a pale 

 border. Sternum reddish-black, coxae infuscated brown, legs brown, 

 tarsi slightly redder ; femora infuscated, especially on the under 

 surface. When dry the specimen appears dirty white in colour. 



Carapace. Surface coarsely punctate ; length slightly exceeding the 

 patella, tibia and metatarsus, and equal to the tibia, metatarsus and 

 tarsus of the 1st leg; width equal to or slightly exceeding the tibia 

 and metatarsus, and the patella, tibia and metatarsus of the 1st leg ; 

 also extending from the fovea to the posterior median eyes. Cephalic 

 portion slopes slightly upwards from the anterior border to the pos- 

 terior lateral eyes, thence level to the fovea, and then sloping, but not 

 abruptly, to the posterior border. 



Eyes. Posterior median li diameters apart, and 5 or 6 times as 

 large as the anterior medians. Ocular area 1| times as broad a,s long. 



Sternum. Surface punctate ; length If times the greatest breadth. 



Legs. Metatarsus I bearing 2 apical spines on the under surface ; 

 metatarsus with 3 apical spines on the under surface ; metatarsus III 

 with 5 and metatarsus IV with 5-6 apical and 2 other spines down 

 the centre of the under surface. Metatarsus IV slightly shorter than 

 tibia IV. Calami strum apparently absent. Tarsi IV, III and II 

 with spines and bristles on the under surface, decreasing to a few 

 bristles on tarsus I. Claw on IVth tarsus with 7-8 strong teeth. 



Cribellum. Two small plates at the base of the inferior spinners, 

 with an anterior strip of clear tissue furnished on either side with 

 distinct muscle sigilla, having the appearance of extra cribellal plates. 



Peclipalps. As in figure. 



Measurements. Total length 6 mm. Carapace 2 - 9 mm. long, 2'2 mm. 

 broad. 



GEN. STEGODYPHUS, Sim. 

 STEGODYPHUS DESEKTICOLA, Pure. 



1908. Stegodyphus deserticola,Purc. in L. Schultzes Reise, Zool. Bd. 1, 

 p. 217, pi. 11, f. 5, <J and ? . 



Specimens. 2 <J and 33 ? ? , 1 juv. (Nos. B 2152 and 2157), 

 from Gurumanas, S.W. Africa (E. W. Tucker, 7-8/1/16. Percy 

 Sladeu Memorial Expedition). 



The specimens coincide with Purcell's description, with the slight 

 exception that the cephalothorax is more orange than red in colour, 

 the anterior legs do not redden appreciably distally, and the " yellow " 



