Contribution* f,> the South African Arachnid Fainni. 475 



surface ; patella with one slender basal spine, and 1 long apical span- 

 on the upper surface; tibia with 1 long basal spine on the upper 

 surface, and 2 short stout spines on the inner surface about the centre ; 

 also bearing ] O ng white hairs on the outer apical surface ; tarsus as in 

 figure ; clothed with white hairs, and armed apically with 2 pairs of 

 stout claw-like spines. 



Spinners. Length of superior spinners about the tibia of the 

 1st leg. 



)[<'*H>-ciii,'nt*. Length just over 6 mm. ; spinners (apical M-gment ), 

 3-5 mm. in length ; 1st leg 25 mm., 2nd leg 24'5 mm. in length. 



HERSILIA PUNGWENSIS, u. sp. (Plate XXIX, fig. 11). 



Specimens. 1 (No. 13639, Type), Pungwe River, 5 miles S.E. of 

 Umtali, Mashonalaud (I). L. Patrick, 1901). 



< 'olour. Browner, and legs more strongly banded than in H. bicvniin. 

 Chelicera brown with black markings on the basal portion. Clypeus 

 entirely dark with lighter markings around the anterior median eyes 

 and two white spots in the centre of the border above the mandibles. 

 Other characters as in //. bicornis. 



Seines. Less numerous than in H. bicornis. 



Pedipalps. Palpal organ as in fig. 11 ; the large process is stouter 

 and shorter, and the smaller process oppositely curved to those in 

 H. bicornis. Tibia with the 2 spines on the inner surface only 

 moderately stout and with the apices bent over. 



M,- inurements. Length about 6 mm. ; 2nd leg 2-1 mm. long. Apical 

 segment' of spinners 3 mm. in length. 



A ; sp.-.-imeu (No. 12509-) from Umtali (D. L. Patrick, 1903), may 

 lie the ? of H. pitixjH'eiiti!*. 



It differs from H. bicornis in appearance, in its smaller size and 

 lighter brown colour. 



The width of the carapace is subequal to the length, and is also 

 much greater than the length of the distal segment of the metatarsi 

 of the 1st or 2nd leg, being equal to the distal segment and to f-j of 

 the tarsus of the 2nd leg. 



The total length of the superior spinners slightly exceeds the tibia 

 of the 1st leg. The vulva has the median portion relatively longer 

 t han H. bicornis, and the lateral, inwardly projecting portions smaller ; 

 the anterior dark markings are absent, but lateral markings on the 

 side portions are present. 



Both $ and ? specimens are damaged. 



