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GEN. PIONOTHELE, Pure. 



PlONOTHELE STRAMINEA, Pure. 



1902. P. straminea, Purcell, Tr. S. Afr. Phil. See. vol. 1 1, pt, 4, p. 381. 



1903. Simon, Hist. Nat. des Araign. vol. 2, p. 907. 



Specimens. $ and $ (No. 11,707) Stompneus, St. Helena Bay, 

 Malraesbury Division (J. Gould, 5/02). 



? Carapace. Light mahogany-brown in colour, with slightly darker 

 radiating stripes; cephalic portion lighter in colour and raised. Equal 

 in length to, or slightly exceeding, tibia, metatarsus and tarsus of 1st 

 leg; longer than metatarsus and tarsus of 1st leg, and equal to tibia, 

 metatarsus and tarsus of 2nd leg (on the other side, however, it only 

 equals the tibia and of the metatarsus ; the same side of the specimen 

 is also less heavily spined, as noted below). Fovea very slightly pro- 

 curved and wider than the ocular tubercle. 



Eyes. Anterior row slightly procurved (seen from above) ; medians 

 large, sul^equal to laterals, and quite their own diameter apart ; laterals 

 subrotuud. Posterior row straight to slightly recurved ; laterals much 

 smaller than anterior laterals and about their own long diameter from 

 them: medians exceedingly small and nearly touching laterals. 



Abdomen. Dull testaceous brown in colour, spotted above, very 

 slightly lighter underneath and with sparse long brown hairs. 



Spinners. Equal in length to f of the sternum; stout and sub- 

 conical ; terminal joint very short and with stiff bristly hairs at apex. 



Sternum. Broad posteriorly, narrowing anteriorly. 



Labi um muticous ; coxae of pedipalps with a narrow strip of about 

 20 teeth. 



Chelicerae with a row of 6 teeth, and 2 or 3 inner denticles. 



Legs. Slightly lighter than carapace in colour. Tibia of 1st leg- 

 equal in length to the metatarsus. Tarsus and metatarsus of 1st and 

 2nd legs scopulated and with no setal bauds ; tarsus of 3rd leg clothed 

 with long and somewhat setiform scopular hairs ; setose hairs also 

 down metatarsus, which tapers cl is tally; tarsus of 4th leg with scopular 

 hairs also long and setiform, and with somewhat similar hairs on the 

 metatarsus. 



Spines. Metatarsus I with 2 weak apical spines, and 1-2 basal 

 spines on under surface ; metatarsus II with 2 stronger apical spines, 

 and 2 basal spines on under surface. Tarsus IV has 0-1 spines ; 

 metatarsus IV has 3-4 apical spines underneath ; the two central ones 

 being very long (--*- the length of the tarsus) ; about 3 other spines 

 011 the under surface, and very numerous ones on the upper and lateral 



