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Mandibles. Galea very small and simple. 



Legs smooth and glossy. Coxa IV. strongly curved with very 

 distinct coxal sac opening. The hairs pointed. The inner claw of 

 I. pair of legs somewhat irregular and straightened, the other claws 

 simple. The species helongs to the caneroides group. 



Length 1-50 mm. (abdomen contracted) ; width O64 mm. 



Measurements. Cephalothorax : long. O57 ; lat. 0-50. Femur : 

 long. 0-43; lat. 014. Tibia : long. O40 ; lat. 0-17. Hand: 

 long. 0-43 ; lat. 0-26. Fingers : long. 0-39 mm. 



Habitat. Cape Province. King William's Town Div. : Pirie 

 Forest, May 13, 1908 (R. Godfrey), 1 $ , on a tree. 



NOTE. The species is allied to Cli. minusculus nov. sp. (see 

 below), but differs from it in having keels and lateral spine-like 

 tubercles on the tergites, the palps less granulate, the hairs more 

 simple, and one claw of I. pair of legs abnormal. Both species, 

 Ch. minusculus and Cli. minusculoides, are nearly allied to Ch. 

 viucronatus Tullgren. These two names were proposed by the 

 Rev. Godfrey. 



13. CHELIFEK MINUSCULUS nov. sp. 



3 . Two eyes, one on each side. 



Colour. Cephalothorax and tergites greyish brown ; sternites, 

 palps, and legs pale reddish brown. 



Cephalothorax as long as wide behind, nearly parallel-sided up to 

 the anterior groove, then narrowing forwards, in front, the front 

 margin included, regularly rounded. Two transverse grooves, very 

 little developed, both of them nearly straight, the anterior groove 

 about in the middle, the posterior one considerably nearer to the 

 hind margin than to the first. The posterior corner of Cephalothorax 

 not produced into a spine-like tubercle laterally. The surface glossy, 

 minutely and densely granulate, with no bigger tubercles. The hairs 

 truncate and dentate. 



Abdomen. All tergites divided longitudinally by a fine stripe. 

 JVo terqites produced into spine-like tubercle* laterally ; there are 

 some traces of keels on several of the tergites, but they are very 

 little developed. The surface glossy, minutely and densely granulate. 

 The hairs very short, but strongly clavate ; no tactile hairs on the 

 last segment. The sternites divided longitudinally, like the tergites, 

 glossy and shagreened, with fine, pointed hairs. 



Palps a little longer than the body (with abdomen somewhat 

 extended), slender. Coxa glossy, a small central area nearly smooth, 

 around this area slightly granulate. The other joints glossy, slightly 



