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The colour of the specimens from the Cape Peninsula is generally 

 somewhat paler than of those from the interior. 



The number of eggs or larvae seems to vary between 4 and 9 ; they 

 generally lie in a circle with one or two in the middle. The time of 

 reproduction seems to be nearly the whole year ; specimens with 

 larval mass have been noted in all months, except January, March, 

 and November. 



41. CHTHONIUS SEKRATIDENTATUS nov. sp. 



Four small eyes, two on each side, about \ diameter from each 

 other, the anterior one about 1 diameter from the front margin. 



Colour. Palps and mandibles pale reddish, cephalothorax, tergites, 

 and sternites pale brownish. 



Cephalothorax distinctly shorter than wide in front (5 : 6), strongly 

 narrowing backwards, the lateral margins - - curved, scarcely 

 contracted in front of the eyes ; the front margin very little convex, 

 not sinuated centrally, but provided in the middle with a rather large, 

 triangular, pointed projection, which is minutely dentate ; there has, 

 in all probability, originally been a bristle on each side, but this has 

 been lost ; in one specimen its position is still to be seen. The 

 surface minutely shagreened and glossy. Hairs not present. 



-Abdomen. Tergites and sternites slightly shagreened and glossy. 

 Hairs not present. 



Palps about as long as the body, rather robust, glossy and sha- 

 greened, on the inner side with long mid thick bristle-like hairs, on 

 the outer side hairs are lacking in two specimens, in the third some 

 few short ones are left. Trochanter very short and with a very short 

 stalk, of usual shape, the inner side slightly convex, the outer one 

 concave. Femur with a short and indistinct stalk, rather short and 

 robust, four times as long as wide in the distal third, somewhat 

 club-shaped, gradually increasing in width distally, especially in the 

 distal half, the inner and outer contour thus being slightly concave. 

 Tibia very short, strongly curved, and shaped as usual. Hand with 

 a short stalk ; short, with the base obliquely rounded, rather broad, 

 on both sides slightly and equally convex, rather abruptly passing 

 into the fingers; worthy of attention is a strong bristle seated on a 

 little wart on the inner side, near the tip of the hand. Fingers very 

 much longer than the hand (about 12:7), very slender, seen from 

 above slightly curved, about of equal length ; laterally seen the 

 fingers are nearly straight, only a little curved towards each other 

 at the tip ; the inner margin of both fingers is provided with teeth 

 of about equal shape ; these teeth are triangular and pointed, adherent 



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