314 JOHN HEWITT. 



four-fifths the length of the basal segment of the posteinor 

 spinners. 



Measurements. — Total length 15"2 mm., length of cara- 

 pace 5"6 mm., breadth of same 4'5 mm., length of tibia of first 

 leg 2 '5 mm. 



No species of this genus has previously been recorded from 

 Khodesia. The described species to which it is most closely 

 allied are probably H. caudata Sim. from Delagoa Bay, and 

 H. bicolor {Poc.) [Brachytheliscus bicolor Poc.j from 

 Durban ; the female of the former is unknown, and the latter 

 species is distinguished from mazoena in the following 

 characters : ocular area, dentition of chelicerte and of labium, 

 and separation of anterior spinners. 



Genus Hbrmachola gen. nov. 

 This name is proposed for the reception of a small species 

 which has many of the characters of the genus Hermacha 

 E. Sim., but differs therefrom principally in the form of the 

 male bulbal organ and in the shape of the fovea as hereafter 

 described. 



Hermachola grahami sp. nov. Text-fig. 7, a-c. 



The type is a single adult male example collected at 

 Grrahamstown by Mr. F. C. Graham, September 23rd, 1914^ 

 who presented it to the Albany Museum. 



Colour. — Carapace and appendages pale brown, the more 

 distal segments of the first pair of legs with a dull reddish 

 tinge ; the hairs which clothe the carapace and appendages 

 are blackish . Abdomen pale dorsally, with a variegated dark 

 pattern. Lower surface pale, but posteriorly just in front of 

 the base of the spinners the abdomen has a dark transverse 

 stripe. 



Carapace. — Elongated, about as long as the metatarsus 

 and tarsus of the fourth leg. Fovea transverse at the base, 

 but with a short backwardly directed median extension, which, 

 however, is not so deep as the main portion of the fovea. 

 Near the anterior border of the fovea there are two long spini- 



