300 Dr. W. F. Purcell on 



Anterior row of eyes scarcely procurved, the medians 

 distinctly smaller than the laterals ; posterior row of eyes 

 slightly recurved, the eyes equal, the medians slightly 

 oblique, about a diameter (rarely distinctly less than a 

 diameter) apart and 1^ diameters from the laterals, tlie latter 

 distinctly a little nearer to the anterior laterals than to the 

 posterior median eyes. 



Chelicera with 4-5 superior and only 2 (rarely 3) inferior 

 teeth. 



Legs. — Metatarsus I with 1-2 inner and 2 outer inferior 

 spines, narrowly scopulate on each side, but not between the 

 rows of spines below. Tibia I with 4-5 inner and 3—6 outer 

 spines below, not distinctly scopulate or at most with a few 

 scopulate hairs along the rows of spines. 



Vulva-plate longer than wide, the triangular fovea wide 

 behind, narrowed in front. 



Inferior spinners relatively short, the length of the basal 

 segment taken below a little less than the width of the ocular 

 area. 



(S S . — Legs longer; metatarsus I with 2 inner and 3 

 outer spines below ; tibia I with 4 pairs of inferior spines 

 and sometimes w^ith an inner lateral spine as well. 



Inferior spinners longer, the length of the basal segments 

 exceeding the width of the ocular area. 



Tibia oi pedipalps short and thick, its outer process longer 

 than the segment and suddenly deflexed at apex. Tarsus 

 with a short curved process near the middle of the outer 

 edge. 



Length of trunk (carapace and abdomen), ? ? 5-7, c? c? 

 4^-5 mm. 



A variety of this form with four minute teeth instead of 

 two on the inferior inner margin of the chelicera is represented 

 by the following specimens : — 



(b) 1 S fi-om Ceres {W. F. P.). 



(c) 1 ? from near Tulbagh Eoad Station (T'F. i^ P.). 



(d) 1 ? from Caledon. 



2. Theuma fusca, sp. n. 



Specimens. — (a) 6 ? ? from the Montagu Baths, a number 

 of young from Kogmans Kloof, and 2 (^ (^ from Aston, 

 Robertson Div., all found by my wife and myself. 



$ ? . — Colour ochraceous, head and chelicera rufescent ; 

 abdomen pale yellowish below, densely clothed above with 

 infuscated hairs. 



Anterior row of eyes slightly procurved, the laterals very 



