NEW SOUTH AFRICAN ABACHNEDA. 



81 r 



Carapace. — Broad and depressed, its length equal to that 

 of the fourth metatarsus together with two-thirds of the 

 tarsus. Surface coai'sely granuUxted, except on the ocular 

 area and lateral thei'eto. Ocular area very slightly wider 

 than long, its length slightly less than one-third of the 

 distance from the anterior margin of the carapace to the 



Text-pig. t>. 



A. Idiops astutus sp.nov. b. I. arnoldi Hewitt. 

 Distal portions of male palps, a x 14. b x 18. 



centre of the fovea ; frontal eyes quite sepai'ated, about one 

 and a quarter diameters apart. Area formed by frontal and 

 anterior median eyes very slightly wider in front, its length 

 being only slightly greater than its anterior width ; the 

 medians about half a diameter apart and much larger than 

 the frontals. Posterior margins of posterior row in a pro- 

 curved line, the medians about two to two and a half dia- 

 meters apart and about a diameter distant from the laterals, 

 which are elono-ated but rather small. Posterior medians 



