neio Arachnida from Cape Colony. 325 



as long as patella and tibia of first leg ; tibia of first armed 

 with about 6 spines in front below, protarsus with about 8. 



Vulva with its basal portion very short and projecting 

 distally on each side of the base of the scape as a distinct 

 horny process; scape rather short, lightly constricted laterally 

 near its base. 



Total length 10 millim. 



Loc. Grahamstown {Dr. Schonland). 



Family Zodariidae. 



Genus Cydrelichus, nov. 



Allied to Cydrela and Ccesetius, with the eyes of the ante- 

 rior line approaching those of Ccesetius, the laterals being 

 from three to four diameters apart ; those of the posterior 

 line recurved to about the same extent as in Cydrela. 



Type C. Spenceri. 



Cydrelichus Spenceri, sp. n. 



?. — Colour. Carapace deep castaneous ; legs clearer, 

 scantily clothed with whitish and blackish hairs ; abdomen 

 ashy black, covered above and below with a scanty clothing 

 of whitish and darker hairs and ornamented beneath with 

 four pale lines. 



Palpi strongly spined distally. 



Anterior two pairs of legs weakly spined, posterior two 

 pairs very strongly spined. 



Vulva (? subadult) consisting of a small transversely oblong 

 plate, impressed with a pair of deep irregularly oval pits, 

 separated by a partition and defined externally by a dark 



rim. 



Total length 10 millim. ; carapace 4, first leg 8, fourth 10. 

 Loc. Port Elizabeth {H. A. Spencer}. 



Genus Chariobas, Simon. 



Chariobas lineatus, sp. n. 



Colour. Carapace bright reddish yellow, with a median 

 longitudinal black band and a much narrower black marginal 

 band ; sternum black at the sides, with a median pale stripe ; 

 abdomen chalky grey, with a median longitudinal dorsal 

 black band extending to the spinners and continuing the 

 black band on the carapace j in the ventral median line a 

 similar stripe which gradually expands posteriorly; spinners 



