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Measurements. — Total length 8*25 mm., of carapace 3 

 mm., width of carapace 2'1 mm. 



Stasimopus steynsburgensis sj). nov. 



This species is closely related to S. palpiger Poc. from 

 Graaff Reinet and S. schreineri Pure, from Hanover. It 

 differs from both in having shorter palps and in possessing a 

 scopula on the tarsus of the fourth leg of the male. 



The type is a single adult male in the collection of the 

 British Museum from Steynsburg, C.C., taken by Miss Leppan. 



Colour. — Upper surfaces blackish, excepting the tibia and 

 tarsus of the palps and the tarsi and metatarsi of the legs, 

 which are reddish yellow ; also the patella and tibia of the 

 fourth legs are brownish ; sternum and coxfe of appendages 

 inferiorly castaneous, abdomen fuscous, the lung opercula and 

 genital sternite yellow, the spinners pale. 



Carapace. — Subequal in length to the metatarsus of the 

 fourth leg. The three keels well developed anteriorly, but 

 absent posteriorly, none of them approaching the fovea ; hairs 

 are absent therefrom and from the ocular area; the sides 

 of the cephalic area are practically smooth except immediately 

 external to the lateral ridges. Anterior margins of anterior 

 row of eyes distinctly procurved ; distance between an 

 antei'ior lateral and anterior median subequal to the diameter 

 of the latter, but less than the long diameter of the former; 

 posterior lateral almost as long as the anterior lateral, the 

 distance between them about one and three-fifth times the 

 length of the latter ; outer lateral margin of anterior lateral 

 about in a line with inner posterior margin of posterior lateral. 



Pe dip alps. — Stretched forwards, the apex reaches a point 

 three-fifths of the distance along the metatarsus of the first 

 leg. Patella longer than that of first leg, but much shorter 

 than the tibia of that leg or of the palp. Tibia and tarsus 

 together slightly shorter than the carapace. Process of 

 palpal organ longer than the bulb, tapering and slightly 

 twisted. 



Legs. — Tarsus I absent from the specimen; II a little 



