NEW SOUTH AFRICAN ARACHNIDA. 697 



3 cai'apace keels fairly sharp and cari'jing 

 long hairs which also occur on the ocular 

 area. (Bedford ; the type females however 

 came from Pearston and Jansenville.) 



S. astutus Poc^ 

 a. Similar to astutus but differing thus: 

 Palp when stretched forwards barely 

 reaching or only slightly surpassing the 

 apex of tibia I : metatarsi I and II with 

 only a few scopular hairs apically l>elow : 

 anterior row of eyes rather more dis- 

 tinctly procurved than in astutus. 

 (Alicedale ; the type female from Per- 

 severance, near Port Elizabeth ; the same 

 species was found by me (23/6/1916) at 

 Grahamstown on the drive above the 

 Grey reservoir.) S. patersonse Hwtt. 



III. I . Pressed forwards the palp reaches a point about ^ of 

 the distance along metatarsus I or a trifle further, 

 the patella very slightly longer than patella I : 

 metatarsus I with a few scopular hairs at the apex 

 inferiorly and without spines along the median area 

 interiorly : patella III with a single spine anteriorly 

 in the middle and in addition with some weak, short, 

 subspiniform setae, also with several spines on the 

 distal edge, but dorsally there is no distal patch of 

 spinules : tarsus III with 6 or 7 spines on its anterior 

 side situated in the distal half, I with 1-2 anteriorly 

 and 2-3 posteriorly : claws of tarsus lY with a basal 

 comb of about 7 teeth, the more distal ones being short 

 but not shai-ply separated from the rest of the series : 

 lateral keels of carapace depressed, only distinct 

 along their inner edges and obsolete in the hinder 

 half; anterior margin of anterior row of eyes in a 

 straight line. (Vredefort Rd.) S. nigellus Pot-. 



2. Pressed forwards the palp reaches a point ^ of the 

 distance along metatarsus I : the patella considerably 

 longer than patella I but a little shorter than tibia I : 

 metatarsus I not scopulate and without strong spines 

 on the mesial area below: patella III with a strip 

 of 6-9 weak spines anteriorly : tarsus III with 1 

 anterior spine and 1-3 posterior spines, IV with 

 7 anterior and 1 posterior spines. (Bloemfontein.) 



S. minor Hwtt. 



