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mense swiftness over the hot g-ravelly or sandy soil in the full sun- 

 light, but frequently stops under the stunted vegetation . At Montag- 

 na, a village about one hundred miles east of Cape Town, an exam- 

 ple of a large sandy yellow sj)ecies was caught in my presence at night 

 in the pailor of the inn; it was called by the Dutt-hnien present the 

 •• Jagt-spinnekop', or hunting spider.'' Mr. Tiinieii also sends me 

 an account of the hal)its of a large species observed by Sydney 

 Stent, as follows: ''At the Diamond Fields this creature- was not 

 uncommon, frecpienting dark corners behind skirting, under stones, 

 etc., appearing chiefly at night and riuining with the greatest speed 

 and activity. As far as noticed the Chileoihx appeared to live on 

 insects, which it fairly ran down. In conhnement it readily attacked 

 and killed good-sized spiders of the genera Mi/goh and Lt/rosir, 

 pvit under the same glass, and on one occasion even a small lizard 

 succumbed to its bite. A scorpion, however, on being introduced 

 to a Galeodes larger than itself soon disabled it. At the Diamond 

 Fields, these 'scorpion spiders' were often found in the houses, 

 where their extreme activity rendered them ditficult of capture." 



It will be seen, that different species differ greatly in their habits. 



In addition, the complete life history of not a single species of this 

 most interesting group of animals has ever been traced. I have 

 prepared these crude notes in hopes of calling to them the attention 

 of those who are so sitviat<Ml as to be able to study these animals in 

 their native abodes. In the interest of science I hope my friends 

 will pardon tlie lil)ertv 1 have taken in making extracts fi'om their 

 letters. 



T am not prepared now to speak of the relations which Gnleodes 

 bears to other Arof/uiuh — 1)ut I will call attention to the resem- 

 blance it bears to T/H'/i/jt/iotisis on the one hand, and C/if/i<iru(s on 

 the <ither. 



Descriptions of Spei-ies. 



Data.mks sthiatus, Pfttsam. 



$ Leuiyth 27 to iVS mm. Color fulvous, abdomen paler, with a broad 

 dark browu longitudinal dorsal band, the femur and tibia of the posterior 

 feet inclining to brown near tiieir outer ends, tiie fingers of the falces red- 

 dish brown, becoming black at the tips of tiie teeth, anterior jiortion of the 

 cephalic shield reticulated with brown. .V slender brownish median line 

 extending backwards from between the eyes, eye prominence black, eyes 

 paler. Cephalic shield about one-half broader than long, with a slight me- 

 dian stria; anterior border nearly straight in front, retreating at the sides to 

 the posterior border, scarcely truncated, clothed with line, rather long hairs ; 



