new African ArnclinifJa. 285 



ten teeth along the external series (not including the apical) ; 

 movable finn;er lightly curved throu^^hout its length, im- 

 movable straight. 



Measurements in viillintetres. — Total length loi ; carapace 

 6*5; width ot tirst caud;il segment \1 , of fourth 4*3 ; length 

 <'f fourth 6'3 ; width of hand 2'5, of brachium (not including 

 spike) 2 ; length of hand-back 36, of movable finger 5. 



Ijuc. Congo. 



Neither Thortdl nor Kraupelin, in their description of 

 l\ brevijnanusj mentions the existence of the crests on the 

 fourth and third caudal segments, such as I have described 

 above in P. cristatuSy and which are, I believe, unique in the 

 genus. 



Parahutliua ijranulatus (H. & Ehrb.). 

 Subsp.y'M5CM.v, nov. 



Differs from the principal form in having the upperside of 

 the trunk and chehe, the tail above and btdow, and the femora 

 and patella? of the legs distinctly and uniformly infuscate ; 

 the ventral surface of the trunk, the fingers, extremities of 

 legs, vesicle of tail, and mandibles clearer yellow. 



Loc. Kalahari Desert [R. J. Cunninyham). 



Order ARANE^. 



Genus Stasimopus, Sim. 



Stasimopus insculptus^ sp. n. 



^. — Colour. Carapace and mandibles black; legs deep 

 brown, with reddish-yellow protarsi and tarsi ; abdomen 

 yellowish brown, bristly. 



Carapace coarsely sculptured, rugose, slightly longer than 

 wide, its length a little less than that of patella and tibia or 

 of protarsusand tarsus of first leg, and than patella, tibia, and 

 tarsus of palp and than patella and tibia of fourth leg, and 

 a little longer than protarsus of latter. 



I'-l/fs of anterior line subeqiially spaced, the medians about 

 a diameter ajjart, smaller in area than the laterals, the four 

 slightly procurved ; anterior medians about their own diameter 

 from the posterior medians; distance between the two laterals 

 on each side about equal to the long diameter of the ant<^rior 

 lateral. 



Labium and maxilhn unariiK'd. 



I'aJpi not spilled, nearly twice as long as the carapace; 

 tibia fusiform, about twice as long as the patella ; tarsus 

 short, truncal*^ ; bulb of organ oval, spine long, straightish, 

 except at base, where it is curved and stout. 



Ann. iHc Ma-/. N. Hist. Ser. 7. I'ol. vii. 20 



