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Mandibles very small. Galea of the male short and apparently 

 simple, that of the female somewhat longer and with some minute 

 teeth at the tip. 



Legs with simple hairs. Femur I. and II. have the basal part 

 a little shorter than the tibial one and the articulation only slightly 

 developed ; the first tarsal joint a little shorter than the second ; the 

 whole tarsus a little shorter than tibia. Femur III. and IV. are 

 very broad, the tarsus considerably shorter than tibia. The claws 

 simple. Arolium divided. 



Length 2-8 mm. ; breadth of abdomen O57 mm. 



Measurements. Cephalothorax : long. O57 ; lat. behind 0-40. 

 Femur : long. 043 ; lat. 0-13. Tibia : long. (excl. of stalk) 0'29 ; 

 lat. 0-16. Hand: long. 041; lat. 0-23. Fingers: long. 0'36 mm. 



Habitat. The Rev. E. Godfrey, who collected this species, gives 

 1fhe following list of localities in the Cape Province : 



Victoria East Div. : Woodstock, Alice, in nests on yellow-wood; 

 Lovedale, 3 specimens on gum-tree. King William's Town Div. : 

 Cwencwe, 2 females with larval mass in nests, 1 individual free ; 

 Xukwane, 5 specimens on tree. I have examined 5 of these 

 specimens. 



NOTE 1. The species is nearly related to Gqrypinus patagonicus 

 Ellingsen from Patagonia, but; the latter is somewhat larger, more 

 robust, and has the galea more branched and the hand proportionally 

 more slender ; otherwise there is but little difference. It is more 

 easily distinguished from G. nobilis With from Asia which, for 

 instance, has considerably more robust palps. 



NOTE 2. Mr. Godfrey gives in a letter the following particulars : 

 " This species lives under the bark of trees and is of very active 

 habits. The female makes a silk nest, of very loose texture, between 

 flakes of bark ; the nest is appressed to the bark, sometimes on one 

 side only, sometimes on both sides. The nest is of silk only, without 

 any covering of dust or specks of wood. I have found the females 

 in nests in the months of August, November, and December." 



31. GARYPINUS OBSCUBUS Tullgren. 



Cape Colony. Hanover (S. C. Cronwright Schreiner), 11 3 , 17 ? , 

 3 5 jun. ; Calvinia (G. French), 6 J , 4 ? . 



In the Eev. E. Godfrey's collection :- 



Herschel Div. : Bensouvale (W. J. A. Moir), 2 3 . 



NOTE. Tullgren knew only the females of this species. I have 

 examined several males which in all essentials resemble the females, 

 but are of smaller size, and have somewhat more slender palps and 



