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CHTHOXIUS CONTRACTUS Tullgren. 



This species, too, was based on specimens from Natal : Van 

 Eeenen ; Amanzimtoti ; and Stamford Hill. Zulnland : Lake 

 Sibayi ; Junction of the Black and the White Umfolozi (Tullgren, 

 21. p. 233), $ and 5 . It has also been recorded from Eritrea : 

 Ghinda, on the Eed Sea, $ (Elliugsen, 8. p. 219). The Eev. Eobert 

 Godfrey has taken it on the Pirie Mountains (see the special part). 



CHTHONIUS MORDAX Tullgren. 



The type specimens, $ and $ , were collected in Natal : 

 Caversham, and Stamford Hill ; and in Zululand : Lake Sibayi 

 (Tullgren, 21. p. 235). This species is widely distributed in Cape 

 Colony, a great number of specimens having been collected (see the 

 special part). 



CHTHONIUS NATALENSIS Tullgren. 



Eeported only from Natal : Stamford Hill, $ (Tullgren, 21. 

 p. 232). 



CHTHONIUS SINUATUS Tullgren. 



The type specimen was collected in Camerun (Tullgren, 18. 

 p. 101). Afterwards the species was recorded for Portuguese 

 Guinea : Eio Cassine, and from San Thome : Vista Alegre (Ellingsen, 

 4. p. 265). A new locality (in Cape Colony) will be given in the 

 special part. 



CHTHONIUS TETRACHELATUS Preyssler. 



This species is widely distributed throughout the palaearctic area, 

 and also occurs in North America ; curiously enough some specimens 

 of this form were found in a collection from the Seychelles 

 (Ellingsen, 9. p. 402). 



