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first by its tarsus and about one fourth of the protarsus, fourth 

 exceeding tliird by the length of its tarsus ; patella and tibia 

 of first a little greater than of fourth, patella and tibia of 

 second about twice the length of the carapace ; patella? without 

 spines. 



Eyes of posterior line procurved, distance between the 

 medians greater than that between median and lateral ; ocular 

 quadrangle narrowed in front, its posterior width exceeding 

 its length ; eyes of anterior line subequal, subequally spaced, 

 distance between medians less than their diameter. 



Lahium with convex border, distinctly wider than long ; 

 raaxilla3 short, scarcely longer than broad. 



Abdomen nearly twice as long as wide. 



Measurements in millimetres. — Total length 14 ; length of 

 carapace 4*5, width 4*8 ; length of abdomen 10, width 5'5 ; 

 length of first leg 21, of second 24, of third 17, of fourth 19. 



Loc. Estcourt, 4000 feet [G. A. K. Marshall). 



Sparassus ( Vindullus) stictopus, sp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. figs. 16, 16 a.) 



Colour. Carapace ochre-yellow, with a dark brown stripe 

 extending from the fovea and dividing anteriorly and passing 

 along the cephalic groove, circumscribing the cephalic area 

 behind, the thoracic portion bearing a brownish spot on each 

 side behind the head ; head with a faint median fuscous 

 band ; legs ochre-yellow, spotted with black at the base of 

 the spines ; tibiae and protarsi with three spots ; patella 

 fuscous at base ; abdomen with a faint median fuscous band. 



Carapace a little longer than wide, resembling that of 

 Fali/stes, distinctly shorter than tibia of third leg, a little 

 longer than patella, tibia, and protarsus of palp, about half 

 the length of the patella and tibia of second leg. Eyes of 

 second line straight, laterals a little larger than medians and 

 nearer to them than the medians are to each other ; ocular 

 quadrangle scarcely narrowed in front, about as long as wide ; 

 eyes of anterior line straight, medians mucli larger than 

 laterals, distance between them greater than that between 

 median and lateral. 



Lahium nearly as long as wide; maxillae longer than wide. 



Legs long and slender, patella unspined, second exceeding 

 the first by the length of its tarsus, patella and tibia of first 

 considerably longer than those of fourth ; tibise with 3 pairs 

 of long inferior spines. 



Palp as in PI, VIII. fig. 16 a, its tibia armed externally 

 with a long inferior spine and a superior bidentate process. 



