NEW SOUTH AFRICAN AllACHNlDA. 321 



one anteriorly and one or three posteriorly ; IV with seven 

 anteriorly and one posteriorly. Metatarsus I without strong 

 spines on the mesial area below. Tibia I subequal in length 

 to the metatarsus, with three spines below besides those at 

 the apex, but none at the sides excepting one near the apex 

 anteriorly ; tibia III with about five short spines on or near 

 the distal edge on both anterior and posterior sides superiorly. 

 Patella I without spines below; III with a sti'ip of six to nine 

 Aveak spines on its anterior side, but no distal patch of spinules 

 ^bove. Patella IV with an anterior patch of spinules extending 

 about three-fifths of the length of the anterior side. Paired 

 tarsal claws of fourth leg each armed Avith two large basal teeth, 

 Avith four smaller ones more distally situated on the posterior 

 <;laAv, but only three on the anterior claw, Avhich are weaker 

 than those on the posterior claAv. 



Measurements. — Total length 8'5 mm., length of cara- 

 pace 4 nnn., breadth of same S'o mm., length of palp 12 mm., 

 of first leg 15 mm. 



Stasimopus oculatus Pac. 



Stasimopiis oculatus Poc, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1897, p. 728, pi. xlii. 



fig. 2. 



It has been pointed out to me by Dr. T. F. Dreyer that at 

 least tAvo species of Stasimopus occur at Bloemfontein, and 

 Dr. Dreyer has kindly sent to me adult female material of the 

 same. 



S. oculatus, the larger species, can be distinguished 

 through the presence of a cluster of spines at the apex of the 

 third metatarsus inferiorly and the presence of stout spinules 

 at the apex of the tibia of the palp superiorly, whereas the 

 smaller species has neither oi these characters; there is also 

 a difference in coloration, the smaller species having the 

 abdomen fairly uniformly infuscated above, Avhilst oculatus 

 has the lateral surface of the abdomen and most of the dorsal 

 surface comparatively pale but Avith a dark mesial blotch 

 anteriorly and some infuscation OA'er the posterior part of the 

 dorsal surface. 



