312 JOHN HEWITT. 



about one-third of a diameter distant from the anterior 

 medians. 



Pedipalp . — Tibia slightly more than three times as long as 

 deep, the excavation completely bordered by a band of spines. 

 Tarsus dorsally without spines, except at the apex, where there 

 are several; the apical portion strongly projects upwards (see 

 text-fig. 6, a). Process of bulb flattened throughout its length, 

 obliquely truncate at the apex, curved and slightly twisted. 



Legs. — Tibia I shorter than the metatarsus, with a pair 

 of tubercles near the distal end inferiorly, the proximal one 

 short and small, the distal one with a large and long black 

 projection ; its under-surface without spines along the median 

 area, about ten or eleven along the posterior edge inferiorly, 

 but none on the anterior edge. Metatarsus I distinctly 

 bowed, with seven or eight short spines inferiorly on the 

 posterior side and three or four on the anterior side (includ- 

 ing two near the apex). Tarsus I with eight or nine spines 

 on each side, weakly scopulate in its distal third, II and III 

 broadly scopulate from apex to base, IV without trace of 

 scopula and not swollen. Claws of all the tarsi with two 

 basal teeth, the more distal one larger than the other ; on 

 tarsus IV the posterior claw of the left leg (missing on I'ight 

 side) carries three teeth, and such is the case on one of the 

 claws on tarsus II. Band of spinules on anterior side of 

 patella IV extending the whole length of the segment ; 

 patella III also has a band of short spines along its anterior 

 surface, ending in a row of about live or six longer ones 

 along the distal edge. 



Measurements. — Total length 19 mm., length of cara- 

 pace 8"8 mm., breadth of same 7"8 mm., length of tibia of 

 first leg 5*4 mm., of metatarsus of same 7'4 mm., length of 

 first leg 33"3 mm., of fourth leg 31 mm. 



Hermacha mazoena sp. nov. 



The type is a single female specimen from Mazoe, Mashona- 

 land (J. Darling), in the collection of the British Museum. 



