new South-African Spiders. 299 



(b) 1 ? from East London {J. Wood). 



(c) 2 $ ? from Port St. Johns, Pondoland {Guy 

 Shortridge) . 



Somewhat resembling P. Abrahami, O. P. Cambr., and 

 P. later ir/radus, Poc, in the form of the vulva, but 

 possessing two strong teeth on the chelicera. 



2. Platyoides quinquedentatuSy sp. n. 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 



Specimens. — 2 ? $ and 1 young from Swellendam (//. 

 A. Fry, 1900). 



? ? . — Colour of carapace and chelicera dark mahogany- 

 brown ; legs similarly coloured or lighter and more yellowish, 

 the anterior pairs more reddish than the posterior ones, all 

 partially infuscated, the femora not paler than the distal 

 segment; abdomen blackened, with a paler, more or less 

 yellowish, longitudinal dorsal stripe on each side above, the 

 ventral surface pale yellowish ; sternum reddish yellow. 



Carapace as long as the tibia and \—\ of the metatarsus of 

 first leg, the margin with spiniform setas and slender spines. 

 Anterior median eyes almost a diameter apart and almost two 

 diameters from the laterals, their distance from the latter 

 being double their distance from one another; posterior 

 median eyes almost transversely oval, about 2^ diameters 

 apart and almost 3 diameters from the laterals. 



Chelicera with 5 very strong teeth in the distal half of 

 the inner margin, besides the row of setse ; upperside with 

 spiniform setse. 



Legs with spiniform set£e on basal segments, the distal 

 segments with slender setse; two anterior pairs of tarsi and 

 metatarsi scopulate along whole length below, the first tibia 

 also with tiny apical scopula. 



Vulva of two black pear-shaped depressions, appearing (in 

 spirits) as in PI. XIII. fig. 3- 



Length of trunk in ? ? 11-1 2|, of carapace 4^-5 ; width 

 of carapace 4:j-4^ mm. 



Genus Theuma, E. Sim. 

 1. Theuma capensis, sp. n. 



Specimens. — (a) 10 ? ? , G S S y ^I'd 1 young from tlie 

 drier slopes of the mountains of the Cape Peninsula, especially 

 the slopes above Camps Bay. (^ ^ from September to 

 December. 



$ ? . — Colour yellow, the head, chelicera, tarsi, and meta- 

 tarsi more rufescent; the abdomen pale yellowish, witli 

 yellowish or pale fuscous hairs and darker setie. 



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