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the chelicera sHo:htly darker ; legs yellowish brown, the two 

 anterior pairs with the three distal segments darker brown ; 

 abdomen more or less infuscated, the ventral surface generally 

 paler. 



Carapace broad ; width of the head across the second line 

 of eyes a little more than half but less than two thirds of the 

 greatest width of the carapace. Anterior row of eyes pro- 

 curved, the eyes subequal, the posterior row lightly procurved, 

 the medians obliquely elongate-oval, subcontiguous, and 

 about an eye's diameter or slightly more from tlie smaller 

 lateral eyes; median eye-area long, slightly wider in front 

 than behind. 



Chelicera with 2 strong, equal (rarely slightly unequal) 

 inferior teeth (occasionally with a third minute tooth in 

 addition) ; the superior teeth 3 in number, the middle one 

 very strong, the proximal one small. 



Legs robust ; the anterior pair unspined below, the tarsus 

 rather short, its length being only about ? of that of the 

 metatarsus ; tarsi and metatarsi of two anterior pairs densely 

 and broadly scopulate to the base below ; posterior tarsi more 

 feebly scopulate, but the metatarsi with only a few scopular 

 hairs ; fourth tibia with a dorsal spine near base. 



Sternum broad. 



Vulva as in PI. XIII. fig. 16. 



Length of trunk 8-10^, length and width of carapace in 

 largest ? ^^ and 3| mm. 



(b) 1 ? from Clanwilliam (C L.Le?}w?(7/, October 1897). 



(c) 1 ? from Bosch Kloof in the Cedarberg Range, 

 Clanwilliam Div. (6^ L. Leipoldt^ December 1897). 



(d) 1 S f lom Salt River Flats, near Cape Town ( W. F. P., 

 April 1896). 



S . — Closely resembling the ? ? , with similar chelicera, 

 legs, eyes, &c. 



Maxillce normal, without keel on outer edge of lower 

 surface. 



Pedipalps. — Tibia cylindrical, strongly spined at apex and 

 provided with a small external diverging spur, which is 

 lipped with a sharp, curved, black tooth, its length (exclusive 

 ot the spur) subequaJ to that of the patella; tarsus narrow- 

 ovate, acuminate, small, about as long as the patella and half 

 the tibia (exclusive of the spur), its inner side with several 

 spines ; palpal organ with a long slender spine commencing 

 near base and extending along under surface to apex (PI. XIII . 

 fig. 17). 



Length of trunk 6J ram. 



The abdomen of the ^ has a small scutcllum in front. 



