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in segment 3, bordered on each side by a patch of rather coarse 

 granulation in segment 4, smooth in segment 5. 



Lateral and under surfaces of all the segments thickly and for the 

 most part coarsely granular, especially in the posterior segments, 

 segment 5 being thickly covered throughout at the sides and below 

 with finer and coarser granules, the infero-median crest very distinct 

 and regular in this segment, biit the accessory crests not distinct 

 vesicle coarsely granular below. 



Pedipalps. — Femur finely granular above. Tibia moderate, its 

 upper surface finely granular and with the anterior crest rudimentary 

 but traceable, the posterior surface smooth, the length of tibia along 

 upper side 2^ times its width. Hand slender, its width slightly less 

 than that of the tibia ; length of movable finger about 2|- times that 

 of hand-back ; movable finger with 16 anterior flanking teeth, the 

 main rows in the middle third of the finger with 6-7 teeth (including 

 the enlarged basal tooth of each row). 



Pectines with 32-35 teeth, the posterior basal lamella of scape pi'O- 

 duced behind into a broad lobe in the ? . 



Legs. — Femora finely granular externally, tibiae weakly granular or 

 almost smooth. 



Locality. — 1 large and 4 smaller $ from the Transvaal, kindly lent 

 to me for description by Dr. J. W. B. Gunning, of the Pretoria 

 Museum. Two of these specimens are in the South African Museum. 



Measurements of largest ? . — Total length 92 ; length of cephalo- 

 thorax 9f, width 11 ; distance of eyes from anterior margin 43-, from 

 posterior margin 5 ; length of femur of pedipalp 7^, of tibia 8|-, of 

 hand-back 4f , of movable finger 10 ; width of femur 2-|, of tibia 3^, 

 of hand 3i ; length of tail 53 ; length and width of first caudal 

 segment 7, 7^, of second 7f , 7-|, of third 7|, 7|, of fourth 8|, 7f , of 

 fifth 9^, 7, of sixth 9|-, 5f ; height of first caudal segment 6, of fourth 

 (not including superior teeth) 6A-, of fifth (not including superior 

 teeth) 5i ; length of upper surface of first segment 4, width of this 

 surface in its middle 4. 



This species closely resembles villosus in general appearance 

 and in the granulation of the tail, but it is much less densely hairy, 

 and the posterior caudal segments are relatively much broader and 

 shorter. It is evidently closely related to the following form. 



8. Pababuthus schlechteri Pure. 

 1899. P. s., Purcell, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., v. 1, p. 434. 

 The following description was made from 5 ad. 3^ and 3 ad. ? , 

 besides 1 juv. ? and 8 juv. ^ of various sizes, all from Little and 



