142 Mr. S. Hirst on some 



often sinuous ; apparently they are not plumose. Hairs on 

 venter flattened and scale-like as in G. loricata, Berl., but 

 much narrower and more elongated (spindle-shaped), and 

 sharply pointed posteriorly. Distal hair on second segment 

 of palp short, fairly stout, and plumose. Legs. Coxte 

 furni-hed with the usual spurs, but they are biunt and 

 not nearly so strong as in G. lojncata ; trochanters also 

 "with a siiort but rather stout seta. All the legs are of 

 approximately the same thickness, the posterior ones being 

 the longest. 



Lerif/th of body '3 mm. ; its width "37 mm. 



Hab. A few specimens found under axillae of a gecko 

 [Pristurus rujjestris) from Jena-Agahau, Socuotra. 



Geckohia loricata, Berl. 



Hah. I have examined specimens of this species found 

 under tiie ventral scales of specimens of Tarentula maiire- 

 tauica from Lisbon and also from the Riviera. 



Geckohia australis, sp. n. 



? . — Body wider than long. Scutum absent. Hairs on 

 the anterior two-thirds of the dorsum much more uniform 

 both in size and distribution than in G. loricata, Berl., 

 none of the front ones being enlarged, all being very short. 

 Posterior hairs on dorsum of moderate length and sometimes 

 plumose, but the feathering is ratlier difficult to see. Ventral 

 hairs flattened and scale-like, most of tliem being spindle- 

 shaped and pointed posteriorly ; the posterior ones are more 

 elongated, however. The hair on the dorsal surface of the 

 palp is stout and plumose. Posterior legs longer and stouter 

 than the anterior pairs, those of the fourth pair being con- 

 siderably swollen. Coxal spurs large and curved ; there is 

 also a plumose seta on the posterior trochanters and on the 

 femur of the fourth leg. 



Length of body "36 mm. ; its width '425 mm. 



Hab. Several specimens found under ventral scales of a 

 gecko (^Lygodactylus capensis), from Beira, Portuguese East 

 Africa. 



Genus Pimeliaphilus, Tragardh. 



Pimeliaphilus tenuipes, sp. n. 



? . — Body oval, being much longer than wide. Scutum 

 triangular, the anterior margin almost straight, being very 

 slightly concave in the middle , the posterior end bluntly 



