90 Annals of the South African Museum. 



It was with great interest that 1 looked forward to the examination 

 of the rich collections of Pseudoscorpions which the Director of the 

 South African Museum in Cape Town had been kind enough to 

 place at my disposal, and the results fully justified my expectations, 

 and of no less interest were the collections which the Rev. Robert 

 Godfrey had brought together chiefly from the environs of the Pirie 

 Mission. Beside the new species, there were several, already 

 known, of great interest, of which may be mentioned : Chelifer 

 sculpturatus Lewis, Ch. tiuni/l/ft-rus Tullgren, Cheiridium museorum 

 Leach, Cheiridium ferum E. Simon, and Feaclla niucronata Tullgren, 

 to point out only the more remarkable ones. The knowledge of the 

 distribution of these animals in the south of Africa has thus been 

 very much enlarged, thanks to the zeal with which several naturalists 

 have collected for the Museum. 



As was mentioned in the Introduction, 87 species are now known 

 from the area in question, and of these no less than 42 species were 

 represented in the collections from the South African Museum and 

 from Mr. Godfrey, of which 10 species are believed to be new. 



1. CHELIFER EQUESTER With. 



In the collections of the South African Museum there were 

 specimens from two localities : 



Transvaal Province : Shiliowane (Rev. H. Junod), 2 ? ; Natal 

 Province : Durban (C. N. Barker), 2 $ . 



2. CHELIFER FEAE Ellingsen. 



Cape Province. East London (J. Wood), 1 $ . 



The Rev. R. Godfrey reports for this species the following 

 localities, from which I have examined 2 J , 1 $ : 



Cape Province. King William's Town Div. : Burnshill, Pirie, and 

 Xukwane ; Victoria East Div. : Woodstock and Lovedale, collected 

 by Miss Fanny Ross and Mr. Godfrey, on blue gum and on yellow- 

 wood. 



Mr. Godfrey writes of this species : " A tree species, living in the 

 looser outside bark, taking shelter in crannies when disturbed. I 

 obtained immature specimens moulting in nests, November 21, 1907. 

 On November 27, 1907, I found one in a very roomy nest on a gum- 

 tree ; the animal was at one corner of the nest, and the larval mass 

 (quite detached from her) was at the other corner. This is the only 

 instance in which I have seen such a thing, and I would need to see. 



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