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and densely granulate, except the lingers. The hairs of trochanter 

 and femur more or less distinctly clavate, those of the other joints 

 dentate, all of them short, those of the fingers fine and pointed, 

 partly long ones. Trochanter with a distinct stalk, roundish, 

 strongly convex in front, behind with a small tubercle, above with 

 a rounded protuberance, pointing backwards. Femur with a distinct 

 stalk, about 3 times as long as broad, nearly parallel-sided, the 

 front margin straight, behind somewhat obliquely widened from the 

 stalk, the hind margin very little convex or nearly straight, and 

 rounded only at base and tip. Tibia with a distinct stalk, consider- 

 ably shorter and only a little broader than femur, twice as long as 

 wide, somewhat obliquely shaped, the outer side proximally nearly 

 straight, somewhat convex towards the extremity, the front side 

 regularly and moderately convex, tibia in all only a little tapering 

 towards the tip. Hand with a distinct stalk, and regularly rounded 

 base, about 1-i- times as broad as tibia, exteriorly slightly convex, the 

 inner side more strongly so, passing obliquely into the fingers. 

 Fingers moderately robust, considerably curved, about as long as the 

 hand, with no accessory teeth. 



Mandibles. Galea very minute, pointed and simple. 



Legs. Coxae glossy and nearly smooth ; the other joints 

 more or less granulate. Coxa IV. slightly curved, with distinct 

 coxal sac opening. The hairs partly clavate, partly simple. All 

 claics normal and simple. The species belongs to the cancroides 

 group. 



Length 1'75 mm. (with abdomen extended) ; width of abdomen 

 0*74 mm. 



Measurements. Cephalothorax : long. O60 ; lat. 0'60. Femur: 

 long. 0-52; lat. 0-16. Tibia: long. O3G ; lat. 0-18. Hand: long. 

 0-39 ; lat. 0-24. Fingers : long. 0-43 mm. 



$? . The female, in all essentials, the sexual apparatus exceptetl, 

 resembles the male, but is of somewhat larger size, about 2 mm. 

 long. Galea small, though a little stronger than that of the male, 

 with some small teeth at the tip. Claws simple. 



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

 Forest, where it was found by the Eev. E. Godfrey, abundant on 

 yellow-wood. I have examined 11 $ , 7 5 , and 8 young. 



NOTE 1. This species is among the smallest of the cancru/'!< . 

 group ; it is distinguished by having only traces of keels on the 

 tergites, and neither these nor the cephalothorax have the corners 

 laterally produced ; the claws in both sexes are normal and destitute 

 of teeth. 



