new South-African S/nders. 303^ 



6. Theuma mutica, sp. n. 



1 $ found at Kogmans Kloof, llobertsoii Division, in 

 August 1900, by my wife. 



Colour. — Carapace more or less infuscated, darkest at the 

 lateral margins, paler and yellowish along the middle of ante- 

 rior half and along posterior border. Chelicera and sternum 

 ochraceous. Legs yellowish, faintly infuscated in parts. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish below, deeply infuscated above and 

 at the sides. 



Anterior row of eyes slightly procurved, the laterals much 

 larger than the medians. Posterior row of eyes straight, the 

 medians oval, oblique, very close together, separated by less 

 than half a length, but at least an eye's length from the 

 laterals; these latter scarcely larger than the medians and 

 close to the anterior laterals, being less than a diameter from 

 them. 



Chelicera with 2 larger proximal and 3 smaller distal teeth 

 in the superior row, and only 1 minute tootli in the inferior 

 row. 



Legs witli numerous fine small spines scattered irregularly 

 on the under surface, the tirst leg without any strong spines 

 below ', second leg with a strong mesial spine on tibia ; third 

 and especially fourth leg strongly spined on underside us well 

 as on upper. 



Vulva-plate broader than long, consisting of a pair of oval 

 reddish disks separated by a narrow triangular fovea. 



Inferior spinners long. 



Length 4^ mm. 



A very distinct species. 



7. Theuma parva, sp. n. 



1 (^ from Eierfontein, 8-9 miles west of Hanover {8. G. 

 Cromv7-ight Schrei7ier, January 1902). 



Colour very pale yellowish. 



Anterior row of eyes slightly procurved, the medians a little 

 smaller than and touching the laterals, but a little separated 

 from each other. Posterior row of eyes straight (scarcely 

 recurved at all), the subrotund median eyes comparatively 

 large, being larger than the laterals and at least as large as 

 the anterior laterals, their distance from one another less 

 than an eye's diameter and slightly greater than their distance 

 from the posterior laterals, the latter eyes about as far from 

 the anterior laterals as from the posterior medians. 



Chelicera with 4 superior and o smaller inferior teeth. 



