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In the Rev. R. Godfrey's collection : Port Elizabeth, 2 $ , 1 $ , 



1 jun., under stones on the veld (Godfrey) ; King William's Town 

 ]>iv. : Green River (Godfrey', 1 jun. 



11. CHELIFER KEWI Ellingsen. 



Cape Province. Cape Peninsula : Cape Town, Salt River, and 

 Wynberg (W. F. Purcell, R. M. Lightfoot), 14 $ , 9 ? , 25 jun.; 

 Devil's Peak (W. F. Purcell), 2 3 ; Hout Bay (W. F. Purcell), 11 3 , 

 6 ? , 1 jun. ; St. James (W. F. Purcell), 1 $ , 2 ? , on sea-shore ; 

 Sea Point (W. F. Purcell), 1 3 ; Cape Flats, at Zeekoe Vlei (W. F. 

 Purcell), I $ , I ? ; Bergvliet (W. F. Purcell), 8 $ , 5 ? , 1 jun., in 

 grass ; Miller's Point, near Simonstown (W. F. Purcell), 5^,2 2 ; 

 Simonstown Mountains (D. L. Patrick), 1 $ ; Signal Hill (R. M. 

 Lightfoot), 1 ? ; Knysna Div. : Balmoral (W. F. Purcell), 9 3 , 

 9 2 , 1 3 jun., 1 ? jun. ; Hanover (S. C. Cronwright Schreiner), 



2 $ ; Caledon Div. : Hermanuspetrusfontein (R. M. Lightfoot), 

 8 3 , 1 ? ; (H. Herman), 4 3 . 



I have examined several specimens from the Rev. R. Godfrey's 

 collection ; he gives in a letter the following localities : 



King William's Town Div. : Green River, Pirie, and King 

 William's Town ; Victoria East Div. : Lovedale. They were taken 

 under stones, in a hen-house, in a garden (Miss Fanny Ross), and 

 under a piece of wood, in a stable. 



NOTE 1. About this species, Mr. Godfrey gives in a letter some 

 interesting particulars : " Like Chelifer cancroides, this species seems 

 to depend largely on man for the extension of its range. It is a very 

 common species here, and practically always attendant on man. I 

 have found only one specimen at a distance from human haunts. 

 On November 5, 1908, I found a female with well-developed larval 

 mass in a nest under a stone. The nest was of sand, with larger 

 pieces of grit ; it was very sparingly lined with silk, and therefore 

 by no means firm. The attachment of silk on the surface of the 

 stone was also very sparing. Measurement of nest at surface of 

 attachment, 5x4 mm. On April 1, 1908, I found one eating an 

 immature Chelifer ; it seemed to have hold simply by the mouth 

 apparatus. While I held the Chelifer Kewi, I saw it deliberately 

 remove the husk from its mouth with its right palp." 



NOTE 2. Even in an immature state, the male and female of this 

 species may, I think, be distinguished before the sexual apparatus is 

 visible, the males already in that state having the galea simple and 

 of smaller size, and coxa IV. rather slender, the females with the 

 galea somewhat more robust and with teeth, and coxa IV. very robust. 



