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thus sometimes difficult to see ; coxal sac present. Trochanter I. 

 and II. posteriorly produced into <i broad , rounded process, most 

 pronounced in trochanter I. Femur IV. on the back in the proximal 

 half provided with several small, irrei/itlar spines (or granules). 

 Femur III. and IV. at the tip exteriorly and interiorly produced into a 

 point (or spine). Tarsus I. icitli tlie tip exteriorly produced into a 

 very strong point, which is sometimes divided. Claws with no teeth, 

 rather small ; one claw of I. pair normal, the other very small 

 and nearly straight. The species belongs to the cancroidcs group. 



5 . The female, beside the sexual apparatus, naturally differs 

 from the male in lacking the keels and the spine-like projections of 

 the cephalofchorax and the tergites, and in having coxa IV. normally 

 shaped with no coxal sac. In addition, the tarsus of pair I. is 

 normal, trochanter I. and II. have their processes less developed ; 

 the process of the back of coxa IV. is lacking, and femur III. and 

 IV. are not produced apically. One female had one of its galeas 

 unbroken : it was rather small with some apical teeth. 

 Length ($ ) 3'86 mm. ; breadth of abdomen 1'57 mm. 

 Measurements ((?). Cephalothorax : long. 1'14 ; lat. TOO. 

 Femur: long. 1-36 ; lat. 0'28. Tibia: long. 1-07; lat. 0'31. Hand: 

 long. 1-07 ; lab. 0'49. Fingers : long. 0'97 mm. 



Habitat. The types of this species were collected by the Eev. R. 

 Godfrey at Transkei, Butterworth : Blythswood, Bushman's Bock, 

 July 13, 1909, under stones ; I have examined 3 $ and 2 from 

 this locality. It has also been taken by Mr. Godfrey in King 

 William's Town Div. : Green River, 1 ? . In the collection from the 

 South African Museum also some specimens of this species were 

 present, though mostly very badly preserved, viz. : 



Cape Province. Swellendam Div. : between Stormevlei and Brak- 

 fontein Farm (Zonder Einde Mountains) (W. F. Purcell), 1 J , 4 

 (adult), broken. Oudtshoorn Div. : In the caves at Cango (W. F. 

 Purcell), 4 J , 1 ? (young). Cape Peninsula (W. F. Purcell), 1 J 

 (young). 



The specimens from Cango Caves and Cape Peninsula certainly 

 belong to this species ; they are rather immature, but the sexual 

 apparatus, at least externally, seems to be well developed. But they 

 have not the dark colour of the adults, and the bigger granules of 

 the palps are not yet well developed. 



This species is very well distinguished by several characters, given 

 in the description. It belongs to those of the cancroidcs group having 

 slender palps, but cannot well, as regards the males, be confounded 

 with any hitherto described species. 



