94 Annalx of the South African Museum. 



12. CHELIFEK MINUSCULOIDES nov. sp. 



$ . Two eyes, one on each side. 



Colour. Cephalothorax and tergites greyish brown, palps more 

 reddish brown, the other parts paler. 



Cephalothorax a little longer than broad behind, rather regularly 

 and roundly narrowing forwards, rounded in front, the front margin 

 nearly straight. Two narrow but distinct transverse grooves ; the 

 anterior one about in the middle, nearly straight, only a little curved 

 forwards laterally; the posterior groove much nearer to the hind 

 margin than to the anterior one, in the middle slightly curved back- 

 wards, laterally somewhat widened. The posterior corner of Cephalo- 

 thorax not produced into spine-like tubercles. The surface somewhat 

 glossy, rather coarsely granulate, but with no bigger tubercles ; the 

 hairs truncate. 



Abdomen. The tergites divided longitudinally by a fine stripe, 

 except the first and the last ones. Tergites 1-5 more or less 

 distinctly keeled laterally (the keels decreasing in strength back- 

 wards) and produced into spine-like tubercles posteriorly. The 

 surface somewhat glossy, coarsely shagreened. The hairs slender 

 and truncate, but most of them are broken ; no tactile hairs on the 

 last segment. The sternites also divided longitudinally, except the 

 last one, glossy and slightly shagreened ; the hairs slender and 

 pointed. 



Palps about as long as the body (with abdomen contracted). Coxa 

 glossy and nearly smooth. The other joints glossy and nearly 

 smooth, except trochanter and femur, which are somewhat granulate 

 on the inner and partly on the upper side ; the hand especially is 

 very glossy and smooth. The hairs short, dentate, passing into 

 truncate and pointed ones. Trochanter with a distinct stalk, 

 roundish, semicircular in front, behind with a rounded, coarsely 

 granulate tubercle, above with a rounded tubercle, pointing back- 

 wards. Femur with a distinct stalk, three times as long as broad, 

 nearly straight in front, only a little sinuated towards the tip, behind 

 regularly and moderately convex. Tibia with a moderately long 

 stalk, this excepted a little shorter and a little broader than 

 femur, regularly and moderately convex in front, behind somewhat 

 less convex, most so towards the extremity. Hand with a distinct 

 stalk, and regularly rounded base, li times as broad as tibia, on both 

 sides about evenly and moderately convex, passing gradually into 

 the fingers. Fingers robust, considerably curved, a little shorter 

 than the hand. 



