308 Dr. W. F. Purccll on 



6 ? ? mentioned above it is dark brown or black, the trans- 

 verse cavity in front of it then often with a brown margin, 

 as in PI. XIII. fig. 7. 



Length of trunk in ? reaching 10^ mm. ; length of cara- 

 pace in $ up to 4 mm. 



(b) 1 ^ and 1 ? from Steynsburg Division, Capo Colony 

 {G. G. Ponder). 



3. Drassodes soHtarius, sp. n. (PI. XIII. fig. 9.) 



1 $ from Hanover {S. C. Cronioright Schreiner). 



Very like D. tessellatus, sp. n., but still larger and with 

 somewhat different vulva. 



Colour. — Carapace rufescent, the head and chelicera deeper 

 red, legs ochraceous ; abdomen pale yellowish, the dorsal 

 spots only faintly marked, the anterior half with a median 

 pale dorsal stripe bordered on each side by a darker stripe. 



Anterior median eyes slighty nearer together than in tessel- 

 latus, their distance apart being scarcely twice their distance 

 from the lateral eyes ; posterior median eyes distinctly more 

 than a diameter from the posterior laterals. 



Cliclicera with all the teeth rather strong, the middle 

 superior tooth \^rY strong. 



Vulva as in PI. XIII. tig. 9, the horseshoe rim being rela- 

 tively broader and more transverse and with its anterior ends 

 more strongly converging than in the preceding forms. 



Length of trunk 10, of carapace 4^ mm. 



4. Drassodes caffrerianus, sp. n. (PI. XIII. fig. 10.) 



1 ^ from the Keneha Bridge, about 22 miles west of 

 Maclear, Pondoland {A. S. Weisbecker, August 1903). 



Colour pale yellow, with black reticulation and hairs ; legs 

 pale yellow, many of the segments faintly infuscated ; abdo- 

 men black above, the underside yellowish but infuscated ; 

 stenmm pale yellowish, with black edges. (The specimen, 

 when caught, had evidently but recently moulted, and 

 maturer specimens would probably be much darker.) 



Closely allied to D. lophognaihus, sp. n., but differing 

 principally as follows : — 



Chelicera only very feebly sinuated on inner edge, the 

 large tooth of the superior inner margin not keel-like, but 

 erect and conical, and accompanied by a tiny second tooth on 

 its ])roximal side. 



