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part of vulva-plate with a inediau, flexible, toiigue-like 

 appendage lying in a groove. 



Length of trunk, c^^ ^ 9-9|, ? 1'^ "im- 



(b) 1 cJ and 1 ? from Zululand (IF. Anderson). The 

 cJ does not apparently differ from the type, but in the ? the 

 appendage of the vulva reaches further back relatively to the 

 lateral cavities. 



16. Xerophceus PatricH, sp. n. (PI. XV. fig. 43.) 



1 ^ from the Pungwe, 50 miles east of Umtali, in Portu- 

 guese East Africa [D. L. Fatrick). 



Colour, form of carapace, and the ocular area resembling 

 that of X. communis, except that the clypeus is distinctly 

 longer than an anterior lateral eye ; the posterior median 

 eyes oval, large, much larger than the laterals, and \ of a 

 long diameter apait, 



Chelicera with the inferior tooth very small. 



Legs longish, slender ; metatarsus I with 0-1 basal spine ; 

 tibia 1 sparsely scopulate on both sides distally, the underside 

 with an inner row of 3-4 spines. 



Pedipalps. — Tibia (exclusive of the process) slightly 

 longer than the patella, its lateral process resembling that of 

 X. communis in shape, but straighter, almost as long as the 

 rest of the joint, its apex pointed and minutely incurved, not 

 quite reaching to the middle of the tarsus; palpal organ 

 somewhat like that oi X.apjyendiculatas, with similar internal 

 process, but with only a short apical spine, which is directed 

 outwards and downwards (PI. XV. fig. 43). 



Length of trunk 8^ ram. 



Genus Melanophoka, C. Koch. 

 1. Melanophora fuliginea. (PI. XV. figs. 44-46.) 



Specimens. — (a) 7 ? ? from Signal Hill, Cape Town, and 

 several c? S fiom the same locality. Females of this species 

 have not been found in other parts of the Peninsula. 



$ ? {types). — Colour black, the legs brownish distally 

 and frequently also at base, the first pair of femora with 

 large pale yellowish area on both inner and outer surfaces ; 

 pulmonary opercula pale yellowish or brownish, the post- 

 genital portion of the abdomen often more or less pale 

 yellowish. 



Anterior row of eyes strongly procurved, the lateral eyes 

 considerably larger than the medians, the length of the clypeus 



