XEW SOUTH AFRICAN ARACHXIJ>A. 711 



broug'ht to Natal and even to Cape Agulhas by the warm 

 cuiTeiits which flow southwards from the Indian Ocean. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XJ.VII, 



Illustrating- Mr. John Hewitt's paper, "Descriptions of New 

 South African Arachnida." 



Figs. 1 and 2. — Adult female and male of Lepthercus rattrayi 

 sp. noi\, both slightly enlarged. (The abdomen of the male shows 

 faint transverse stripes posteriorly, the surface having Ijeen denuded 

 of hairs.) 



Figs. 3 and 4. — Adult female and male of Stasimopus spinipes 

 sp. nov., natural size. 



Fig. 5. — Adult male of Stasimopus longipalpis sp. wow., natui-al 

 size. 



Figs. 6 and 7. — Adult female and male of Stasimopus insculptus 

 var. peddiensis var. nov., natural size. 



Fig. 8. — Adnlt female of Amaurobioides africanus sp. nov.. 

 enlarged slightly. 



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