NEW SOUTH AFHIOAN AKACHNIDA. 



691 



They are approximately equal in size, and share the same 

 coloration, being entirely black above except the metatarsi 

 and tarsi of the legs, which aie reddish. They are slightly 

 smaller than the type of in.sculptus, the carapace of which 

 is 4*5 mm. long (not 6 mm. as stated by Pocock^ in the original 



Text-fig. 2. 



Stasimopus inscnlptus var. peddieusis var. nov. 

 Palp of adult male. X 16. 



■description) ; in the Peddie specimens the carapace is about 

 4 mm. long. They differ from in sculpt us as follows : 



Metatarsus I without spines below or at the sides, apart 

 from those at the apex, or only a single spinule on each side 

 in the distal half, or even three spinules on the posterior 

 side ; tibia I without spines^inf eriorly (i n s c u 1 p t u s has several 

 strong spines inferiorly) ; tarsus 1 with 0-3 spines on the 

 .anterior side, and 0-4 on the posterior side. 



' Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7, vii, p. 285. 



