104 Annals of the South African Museum. 



21. CHEIRIDIUM MUSKORUM Leach. 



Cape Province. King William's Town Div. : Pirie Forest (R. 

 Godfrey and Miss Fanny Ross), 2 specimens ; on yellow-wood. 



NOTE. The capture of this species and the next one in South 

 Africa, in a wild state, is indeed very astonishing, but my comparison 

 of them with European specimens of both species has left me no 

 doubt that they do indeed belong to the European forms of this 

 gfims. As will be seen from the Introduction, Cli. mnseoruru is in 

 Europe found in or near inhabited places, while the other species is 

 only taken in a wild state. One of the specimens I have examined 

 was a male. 



22. CHEIRIDIUM FERUM E. Simon. 



I have examined, of this species, 6 specimens from South Africa, 

 males and females. According to Mr. Godfrey the localities were 

 the following : 



Victoria East Div.: Lovedale, Alice. "Many nests under the 

 bark of gum-trees. The nests, made of white silk only, are very 

 conspicuous ; one surface of the nest is attached to the bark, and the 

 other surface lies over this attached layer" (Godfrey in litt.). King 

 William's Town Div. : Pirie Forest, common'on yellow-wood. 



As to the occurrence of this species in South Africa, see the Note 

 to the preceding one. 



23. CHEIRIDIUM SUBTROPICUM Tullgren. 



Cape Province, Victoria East Div. : Woodstock, Alice, 2 

 specimens. 



"Both were taken on yellow-wood. One was found free, and the 

 other was inside a dust-covered nest, and was carrying four larval 

 young. Not met with again " (Godfrey in litt.). 



24. FEAELLA MUCRONATA Tullgren. 



Cape Province. Cape Peninsula : St. James (W. F. Purcell), 

 2 $. 



Among the characters in which this species differs from F. 

 Htirabilis Ellingsen, the mandibles are much larger and almost 

 entirely visible from above, while in F. mirabilis they are entirely 

 covered by the anterior part of cephalothorax ; the cephalothorax is 

 also considerably narrower proportionally to the width of abdomen 

 than is the case in the West African species. 



The characteristic recess (" Vertiefung ") which Tullgren describes 



