304 Dr. W. F. Purcell on 



Legs. — Metatarsus I with 3 long spines at base. Tibia I 

 with 3 pairs of inferior spines (including an apical pair). 



Pedi'paJiis very like those of T. capensis, sp. n., except that 

 the bulb is relatively much larger than in any of the foregoing 

 species. 



Inferior spinners shortish, their length only just exceeding 

 the width of the ocular area. 



Length of carapace and abdomen 3| mm. 



A very distinct species. 



Table of the Species of Theuma * described above. 



a. Posterior row of eyes straight, tlie medians 



being a little nearer to the laterals than to 



one another. (Hanover Div.) cJ T. parva, sp. n. 



b. Posterior row of eyes more or less recurved, 



the medians always nearer to each other 

 than to the lateral eyes. 

 fl^. Posterior row of eyes only slightly re- 

 curved, the laterals being distinctly a 

 little nearer to the anterior laterals than 

 to the posterior median eyes. 

 o'. Females. 



rt*. Inferior spinners shortish, the length 

 of the basal segment taken below 

 being less than the width of the 

 posterior row of eyes. (Cape, Tul- 



bagh, and Caledon Divs.) ^ T. capc7isis, sp. n. 



t*. Inferior spinners long. 



a^. Anterior pair of legs strongly 



spined below. (Hanover.) 5 ^- Schreineri, sp. n. 



b^. Anterior pair of legs with no strong 



spines below. (Robertson Div.) $ T. mutica, sp. n. 

 b'^. Males. 



a". Tibia I with 4 pairs of spines below. 



(Cape and Ceres Divs.) S T. capensis, sp. n. 



¥'. Tibia I with 3 pairs of spines below. 



(Hanover.) cJ T. Schreineri, sp. n. 



b-. Posterior row of eyes more strongly re- 

 curved, the laterals being about as far 

 from the anterior laterals as from the 

 posterior median eyes, 

 a'. $ with the posterior median eyes 

 smaller, about a diameter apart. S 

 with the outer process of the tibia of 

 pedipalps much longer than the short 

 tibia. (Robertson and Cape Divs.) . . cJ $ T. fusca, sp. n. 



* Two other South- African species, T. xxjlina and T. aprica, E. Sim., 

 have been described (Hist. Nat. Araign. 2ud ed. p. 351), but no locality 

 is given in either case. 



