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Prodidomus purpureus Sim. 



Prod. purp. Sim., Amiali clel Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova 

 (3) III (XLIII), p. 233 (1907). 



«cf long. 4 mm. — Cephalothorax ovatus, liumilis, fusco-rufulus, 

 regione oculcrum antice nigra, crebre coriaceus et pilis albis rigidis et 

 acutis conspersus. Oculi ut in P. amaranthino ordinati. Abdomen 

 ovatum, antice posticeque obtuse truncatum, rubro-lividum, cinero-pubes- 

 cens. Sternum fulvo-rufulum, nitidum. Pedes fulvo-rufescentes, patellis 

 cunctis, tibiis metatarsis tarsisque ad apicem femoribusque posticis ad 

 basin late dilutioribus et flavidis. Pedes-maxillares fulvo-rufuli ; patella 

 longiore quam latiore; tibia patella breviore, superne ad apicem valde 

 elevata et inaequaliter fissa: ramulo exteriore gracili, superiore multo 

 crassiore, conico, antice excavato, ad marginem submembranaceo ; tarso 

 ovato et obtuso, extus leviter depresso; bulbo magno valde complicato. 

 — A. P. amaranthino, cui valde affinis et subsimilis est, diifert pilis 

 albis cepbalothoracis minoribus atque acutis haud lanceolatis et praesertim 

 structura tibiae pedum-maxillarium. 



Guinee portug. : Rio Cassine.» 



Prodidomus capensis Purcell 



Proc. cap. Purcell, Trans. South African Philos. Soc. XV (1904), p. 170—171, 

 t. XI, f. 89. 



«Specimens. — (a) 9 (No. 717) from Cape Town (W. F. P.[u reell], 

 August 1896). 



Colour rufescent, the legs paler and more yellowish than the 

 carapace; the abdomen very pale yellowish, the upper surface tinged 

 with purple, especially posteriorly. 



Carapace with the front margin obtuse and evenly rounded; 

 hairs rubbed off; ocular area much wider than long the space between 

 the two i)Osterior eyes slightly exceeding the length of an eye. 



Chelicera large, strongly diverging, and nearly vertical, their 

 anterior basal angles prominent. 



Legs hairy and setose below, at least distally ; fourth trochanter 

 as long as the coxa: two posterior pairs of tibiae and metatarsi with 

 1 — 2 slender apical spines. 



Coxae of p edipal ps with the process long and slender. 



