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capensis as neglectus. The facts that lead mc to this view are 

 briefly these : — 



(1) It is, perhaps, more likely than not that the types of 

 capensis in the Berlin Museum came from German rather 

 than from British territory in South Africa. P. necjlecius 

 inhabits German S.W. Africa, P. planicauda does not. 



(2) Ehrenberg described at the same time as he described 

 capensis a species named granulatas, which is known to 

 occur in German S.W. Africa, where it exists alongside of 

 P. neglectus. The idea that the types of the two were 

 collected together at once suggests itself. 



(3) In Keyserling's collection in the British Museum 

 there are a couple of specimens ( c? ? ) ticketed " Cap b. 

 esper.'" and labelled " Prionurus capensis, Ehrb.," which, 

 from certain internal evidence, I have reasons to believe were 

 identified by Dr. Karscli, who bad access to Ehrenberg's 

 types for comparison. These s[)ecimens are referable to 

 P. neglectus, not to P. planicauda. 



(4) Kraepelin describes the male of P. capensis as having 

 wide hands. This is true of P. neglectus, not of P. plani- 

 cauda. Kraepelin also had access to Ehrenberg's type. 



In view of these considerations it would be a mistake to 

 cite planicauda as a synonym of capensis until the stronger 

 claims of neglectus for such a fate have been further enter- 

 tained. 



The British Museum has specimens of this species from 

 Port Elizabeth (H. A. Spencer, I. L. Drege, J. M. Leslie), 

 Grahamstown {Schdnla7id},Te3L Fountain, nearGrahamstown, 

 and Jansenville {Miss Leppan). 



P. capensis, subsp. Frenchi, Pure. 



The British Museum has specimens of this subspecies from 

 Burghersdorp {Miss Leppan^. 



2. Parabutlms neglectus, Purcell ( = P. planicauda^ Poc, in 

 part. Male specimen, ticketed " W. Africa,^^ of original 

 description) . 



The Museum is badly off for this species, possessing only 

 the tw^o males ticketed " W. Africa '' that were originally 

 referred to planicauda, the male and female mentioned above 

 as belonging to Keyserling^s collection, one ticketed " CajDe 

 of Good Hope" {'Challenger'), and one from Garies in 

 Namaqualaud {Dr. R. Broom). 



