nrin Avuchnida from (\i/te f'o/on>/, 8i')l 



Tibia oi pafp armed at its distal cud above witli a .single, 

 slightly sinuous, basally st'iut, apieally |)<)iriteil spur directed 

 forwards and outwards over tlie base of the tarsus. 



? . — Like male in colour. 



]'ulvu bordered behind by a straight transverse crest, in 

 front of which tiicre is on each side a short thicker crest j 

 the middh^ of the fore part of the abdomen bilobate. 

 Total length 21 niillim. 



Loc. Port Elizabeth (77. A. Spencer). 



Palystes cullri/er^ sp. n. 



(J. — Resembling the preceding, but with two tibial spurs 

 on the jialp — a distal superior slender and upstanding, and a 

 proximal external, stout, curved, blade-like with a sharp 

 point. 



1'otal length 17 millim. 



Loc. Grahamstown {Dr. Schbnland). 



P. vxegacephahis, C. Koch, may be identical with either or 

 neither of these species. 



Palystes perornat us ^ sp. n. 



Allied to P. lunatus, Poc, but with the sternum and coxi» 

 a rich golden yellow ; the femora of the legs palely olive- 

 yellow below and mottled with silvery white spots. 



Vulva with median horny process much shorter than in 

 P. lunatus. 



I'otal length 2h millim. 



Loc. Quecnstown, Cape Colony (Capt. C. K. Bashe), 



Genus Selenops, Latr. 



Selenops Broomi^ sp. n. 

 9 . — Allied to S. Krausii, Poc, in curvature and relative 

 size of eyes of ocular quadrangle, but differing in having tive 

 instead of six pairs of inferior spines on tibi?e of first and 

 second legs *, and in the form of the vulva, the lateral lobes of 

 which are in contact in the middle lino and circumscribe a 

 more transversely cordate pale median sclerite. 



Total length 11 millim. ; carapace 5"5; first leg 19, fourth 

 leg 21. 



Loc. Little Namaqualand, Craries {Dr. Broom). 



* In tlif tvj o of -S'. Kniii«ii llit- luitirior leg on the right side has been 

 reproduced Hud shows culv live anterior spiued beneath. 



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