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Jr. 2 with the posterior modian eyes 

 largish, less than a diameter apart. 

 (5 with the outer process of the tibia 

 of pedipalps about as lono^ as the 

 rather elongate tibia, 

 a**. Vulva of $ with the fovea widened 



behind. (Beaufort West.) S ^ T. maculata^ sp. u. 



i*. Vulva with the fovea narrow behind. 



(Clauwilliam Div.) $ T. cedri, sp. n. 



Genus Drassodes, Westr, 



1. Drassodes lophognathus, sp. n. 

 (PI. XEIL figs. 4-6.) 



Specimens. — (a)' 5 ? $ , 4 (5" c? , and 7 young from the north- 

 western slopes of the Devil's Peak, Cape Town, under stones 

 {W.F.P.). 



? ? [types). Colour. — Carapace pale ochraceous, the head 

 often darker brown ; chelicera ochraceous to brown; legs 

 pale yellow, the femora veiy pale, the anterior pairs of legs 

 often brownish yellow distally ; sternum pale ochraceous to 

 brownish yellow ; abdomen pale yellowish, the upper surface 

 and tlie posterior part of the sides marked with numerous 

 short black bars and round spots, the anterior half also with 

 a broad, wedge-shaped, median black band, the under surface 

 and the sides pale yellow or more or less infuscated. 



Carapace broad in front, the width of the head across tlie 

 second line of eyes being at least f of the greatest width of 

 the carapace. 



Eyes. — Anterior row considerably procurved, the eyes sub- 

 equal ; the posterior row lightly procurved, the median eyes 

 elongate oval or triquetrous, subcontiguous or as much as 

 half a long diameter apart, and almost or quite a long 

 diameter from the smaller lateral eyes. Median eye-area 

 longer than wide and parallel-sided. 



Chelicera with the two inferior teeth of moderate size, the 

 distal one being usually a trifle smaller ; middle superior 

 tooth very strong, the other two superior teeth small. 



Legs. — Metatarsus I with 0-2 inferior basal spines. 

 Tibia I unspined, IV without dorsal spines. Tarsi I-III 

 and metatarsi I-II distinctly scopulate at the sides below ; 

 tarsus IV and mciatursus III with narrow strip of sco[Hilar 

 hairs, the fourth metatarsus with a iQ\w external scopular 

 hairs in some specimens at least. 



Vulva-plate (PI. XIII. fig. 6) very large, consisting of a 

 brown, horseshoe-shaped curved rim enclosing a largo dce[) 



