'296 JOHN HEWITT. 



very slightly longer than the metatai-sus or subequal thereto, 

 and the metatarsns very slightly shorter than the tibia. 



Erigonopsis littoralis sp. nov. Text-fig. 2, a-h. 



The types of this species are one adult male and several 

 adult females taken at Muizenberg, near Cape Town, by the 

 Rev. N. Abraham in September, 1914. The habitat is the 

 same as that of Muizenbergia abrahami sp. nov. 



Colour. — Carapace, sternum, and appendages brownish, 

 without strong infuscation except around the eyes : the cara- 

 pace and sternum are lightly infuscated, more especially so 

 about the middle of the carapace. The skin of the abdomen 

 is for the most part infuscated and is covered with black 

 rather bristly hairs ; on the hinder half of the abdomen are 

 five pale transverse stripes dorsally, and there is a pair of pale 

 spots about midway between the anterior stripe and tlie front 

 margin of the abdomen. 



Carapace. — Narrowed anteriorly, the front margin broadly 

 rounded ; cephalic area fairly strongly convex, gradually pass- 

 iug into the slightly convex thoracic portion, the boundary 

 between the cephalic and thoracic portions of the carapace 

 being very ill-defined both at the margin and elsewhere. 

 Clypeus vertical but not greatly elevated, the anterior lateral 

 eyes being about three diameters distant from the antei-ior 

 margin of the carapace. Anterior margins of anterior row of 

 eyes in a distinctly recurved line ; posterior row only slightly 

 procurved ; anterior medians smallest, but not very small, 

 nearer to each otlier than to the anterior laterals. Along the 

 mid-line of the carapace in its cephalic portion there are four 

 or five weak bristles, and a few stiffish hairs occur on the 

 ocular area, but none on the margin of the carapace. 



Chelicer^. — Fairly stout, directed vertically downwards, 

 without spines at the sides and without basal spot ; fang 

 strong and rather short ; anterior margin of fang-groove 

 carrying four teeth, of which the middle ones are strongest; 

 the posterior margin with three small teeth. 



