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distinctly larger than the medians ; posterior row more 

 strongly recurved than in T. capensis, sp. n., the medians 

 smaller than the anterior laterals, rotund^ about a diameter 

 (rarely less) apart and less than two diameters from the 

 laterals, the latter eyes perhaps a trifle larger than the 

 medians and about as far from them as from the anterior 

 laterals. 



Chelicera witli 3 larger and 1 small superior and 3-4 

 inferior teeth. 



Metatarsus I with 1-2 inner and 2 (rarely 1) outer spines; 

 tihia I with 3 pairs of inferior spines (including an apical 

 pair) and sometimes with another internal spine as well. 



Vulva-plate with the triangular fovea wider behind, its 

 anterior end opening into a small circular fovea. 



Inferior sjnnners long, the length of the basal segment 

 much exceeding the width of the ocular area (except in one 

 specimen where the spinners were perhaps damaged in youth). 



S S • — Legs much longer than in the ? ? and more 

 numerously spined. Metatarsus I with 4 strong spines. 

 Tibia I with 0-1 outer and 1-3 inner spines in addition to 

 the 3 inferior pairs. Posterior median eyes sometimes less 

 than a diameter apart. Hairs on abdomen rubbed off. 

 Fodipalps as in T. capensis, sp. n. 



Length of trunk, ? ? 8|-11, c? c? 6|-7| mm. 



(^) 2 c? cf and 1 young from Bergvliet, Cape Peninsula 

 {IV.F.F.). 



3. Theuma Schreineri, sp. n. 



Specimens. — 2 ? ? and 5 c? c? fi'O™ Hanover {S. C. 

 CronwrigJd Schreiner, September to November 1901, and 

 G. Shortridge, 1903). 



Differing from T. fusca, sp. n., as follows: — 



? $ . — Hairs on abdomen paler, brownish. 



I'ostcrior row of eyes straighter, only very slightly re- 

 curved; the eyes subequal, the lateral eyes distinctly a little 

 nearer to the anterior laterals than to the posterior median 

 eyes. 



Chelicera with 4-5 superior teeth, the proximal one small. 



Tihia I with 3-4 pairs of non-apical and 0-2 apical spines 

 below, and frequently with 1-2 outer and 1-2 inner spines on 

 the sides as well. 



cJ (J. — Metatarsus I with 5-7 spines. Tibia I with 5-G 

 pairs of spines below, besides 2 outer and 2-4 inner spines ou 

 the sides. 



Length of trunk, ? ? 7-8^, c? J ^F^ mm. 



