302 Dr. W. F. PLUcell on 



Another ? from the same place and apparently belongincj 

 to the same species is much larger, its carapace alone 

 measuring 4f mm. in length. 



4. Tlieuma maculata, sp. n. 



Sjiecimens. — 2 ? ? (one not quite mature), 1 ^ , and 1 

 juv. from Beaufort West (IF. F. P., September 1896). 



? ? {types). — Colour yellow, the abdomen pale yellow 

 below, spotted with black on the sides ; the upper surface 

 with a broad irregular band of black on each side and a 

 narrow median black stripe, connected with the lateral bands 

 by a series of oblique black stripes. 



Anterior row of eyes very distinctly procurved, the laterals 

 very distinctly larger than the small medians; posterior row 

 distinctly recurved, the median eyes almost rotundate and 

 rather large, considerably larger than the anterior medians, 

 and nearly as large as the anterior laterals, their distance 

 apart distinctly less than a diameter, the lateral eyes equi- 

 distant from the medians and anterior laterals. 



Chelicera with 3 large and 1 small superior and 3-4 

 inferior teeth. 



Spines of legs^ vulva, and sjnnners much as in the T.fusca, 

 sp. n. 



(^ . — Like that of T. fusca, apart from the ocular cha- 

 racters, except that the tibia of the pedipalps is much more 

 elongate, being distinctly longer along the inner side tlian 

 thick, its length equalling that of the outer process. 



Length of ? 7, c? 7^ mm. 



5. Theuma cedri, sp. n. 



1 $ from Boschkloof Waterfall, Cedar Mountains, Clan- 

 william Division [R. PaUi'son, November 1897). 



Colour yellow ; the head, chelicera, and extremities of the 

 legs rufescent ; abdomen pale yellow, the upperside clothed 

 with dark hairs, which form spots posteriorly (the hairs 

 rubbed off in the middle, but probably arranged as in T. macu- 

 lata, sp. n.). 



Fyes and spinners much as in T. maculata. 



Metatarsus I with 4 strong spines. Tibia I with 3 pairs of 

 inferior spines (including an apical pair) and 2 internal spines 

 in addition. 



Chelicera with 3 superior and 3 inferior teeth, the latter 

 stronger than usual. 



Vulva-plate with the fovea elongate and narrow behind. 



Length 9 mm. 



