NEW SOUTH AFRICAN ARACHNIDA. 709^ 



and glabrous, but the surrounding surfaces ai'e roughened and 

 strongly hairy. 



The adult male closely resembles the female but is a little 

 smaller. The carapace is also slightly different in shape, being 

 more decidedly narrowed anteriorly; the anterior width is 

 considerably less than the greatest width of the carapace.. 

 The leg proportions are as follows : First leg a trifle longer 

 than the second, which is very distinctly longer than the 

 fourtli, but this again is only slightly longer than the third. 

 The fangs are weaker than those of the female, and the 

 surface constriction on the outer side is obsolete. The palp 

 is short, extending only a trifle beyond the apex of the femur 

 of the first leg. Its segments, as far as the tarsus, are 

 approximately of equal thickness. The femur has three or 

 four spines superiorly. There are two or three long stiff 

 bristles and numerous long hairs near the apex of the tibia ; 

 one or two somewhat weaker bristles also occur at the apex 

 of the patella. Projecting from the apex of the tibia, in a line 

 with the axis of the segment, there is a very long, straight, 

 stiff process gradually tapering to a fine point, and in a similar 

 situation on the opposite side of the segment is a short finger- 

 like process rounded at the tip. The patella is without apical 

 processes. The tarsus is a little longer than the patella and 

 tibia together. 



Measurements. — Total length, female 13 mm., male 

 9"8 mm. ; anterior breadth of carapace, female 2-75 mm., 

 male 2-0 mm. ; greatest breadth of carapace, female 3-5 mm., 

 male 2"9 nnu ; length of carapace, female 4*5 mm., male- 

 3'75 mm. ; length of first leg, female 13"75 mm., male 

 13'3 mm. ; length of third leg, female 11'5 mm., male 10*8 mm. ;. 

 length of fourth leg, female 13*2 mm., male ]1*8 mm. 



The discovery of this species on our shores opens up an 

 interesting problem, to which, however, no final solution can 

 be offered at present. It may eventually be found that the- 

 genus is widely distributed in the southern hemisphere, when 



