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part of vulva-plate with a median, flexible, tongue-like 

 appendage lying in a groove. 



Length of trunk, S S '^^-H, ? 1^ "I'^i. 



(b) 1 cJ and 1 ? from Zululand (IF. Anderson). The 

 S does not apparently differ from the type, but in the ? the 

 appendage of the vulva reaches further back relatively to the 

 lateral cavities. 



16. Xerophceus Patricki, sp. n. (PI. XV. fig. 43.) 



1 cJ fi'oni the Pungwe, 50 miles east of Umtali, in Portu- 

 guese East Africa {D. L. Fatriclc). 



Colour, torm of carapace, and the ocular area resembling 

 that of X. communis, except that the clypeus is distinctly 

 longer than an anterior lateral eye ; the posterior median 

 eyes oval, large, much larger tlian the laterals^ and ^ of a 

 long diameter apait, 



Chelicera with the inferior tooth very small. 



Lefjs longisli, slender ; metatarsus 1 with 0-1 basal spine ; 

 tibia I sparsely scopulate on both sides distally, the underside 

 with an inner row of 3-4 spines. 



Pedipalps. — Tibia (exclusive of the process) slightly 

 longer than the patella, its lateral process resembling tliat of 

 X. communis in shape, but straighter, almost as long as the 

 rest of the joint, its apex pointed and minutely incurved, not 

 quite reaciiing to the middle of tlie tarsus; palpal organ 

 somewhat like that o? X. appendiculatus, with similar internal 

 process, but with only a short apical spine, which is directed 

 outwards and downwards (PI. XV. tig. 43). 



Length of trunk 8^ mm. 



Genus Melanophora, C. Koch. 

 1. Melanophora fuliginea. (PI. XV. tigs. 44-4G.) 



Specimens.— [^) 7 ? ? from Signal Hill, Cape Town, and 

 several S S fiom the same locality. Females of this species 

 have not been found in other parts of the Peninsula. 



? ? {ti/pes).— Colour black, the legs brownish distaljy 

 and frequently also at base, the tirst pair of femora with 

 large pule yellowish area on both inner and outer surfaces ; 

 pulmonary opercula pale yellowish or brownish, the post- 

 genital portion of the abdomen often more or less pale 

 yellowish. 



Anterior row of ej/es strongly procurved, the lateral eyes 

 considerably larger than the medians, the length of the clypeus 



