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Size.— The, length varies from 27-41mm. in the ad. $ and reaches 

 44mm J in the ? . 



Localities in Cape Colony. — In the following list the local variations 

 in colour, thickness of tail, &c., are generally mentioned. 



A. Abdomen toith at most 3 dorsal stripes ; fifth caudal segment 

 infuscated laterally only in the anterior f {rarely |) of its length ; 

 cephalothorax without median longitzidinal stripe. 



Beaufort West Div. — (a) 2 <? from round the village of Beau- 

 fort West {W. F. Purcell) ; cephalothorax infuscated along anterior 

 border ; abdomen with a tine black median line and a row of infuscate 

 marks on each side above (a pair in the posterior part of each tergite) ; 

 hand and tibia of pedipalp and the legs with infuscate stripes ; fourth 

 caudal segment 1^ times as long as wide ; vesicle almost smooth 

 below, excepting behind below the aculeus. Total length of a (^ 

 28i; length of cephalothorax 3, of tail 17^; length and width of 

 first caudal segment 2-1, 1-7, of second 2*4, 1-6, of third 2-6, 1-6, 

 of fourth 3, 1-6, of fifth 3-5, 1-6, of sixth 3, 1-3 ; length of tibia of 

 pedipalp 3-2, of hand-back 1-8, of movable finger 3-2 ; width of tibia 

 1-1, of hand 1-4. 



Fraserburg Div. — (b) 1 <? (dry) from the village of Praserburg 

 {E. G. Alston) ; fourth caudal segment twice as long as wide ; other- 

 wise resembling the specim,ens from Beaufort West. 



Prince Albert Div. — (c) 1 <? and several juv. from near the 

 village of Prince Albert [W. F. Purcell) ; anterior margin of 

 cephalothorax and also the keels and coarser granules of the 

 tergites blackened in the adult, but the lateral rows of infuscate 

 marks on the tergites and the stripes on the hands absent or 

 obsolete; fourth caudal segment twice as long as wide; vesicle 

 as in (a). 



Worcester Div. — (d) 1 2 and several juv, from Triangle 

 (B. M. Lightfoot) ; colour as described under (c) ; fourth caudal 

 segment If times as long as wide. 



Namaqualand Div. — (e) 1 ^ from near Naroep (between 

 Naroep and Naap), Great Bushmanland {Max Schlechter) ; colour 

 almost entirely pale yellow, only the 3 groups of eyes blackened and 

 the inferior keels of tail and part of the fifth segment infuscated ; 

 crests of eye-tubercle entirely granular ; fourth caudal segment and 

 vesicle as in (c). 



(/) 1 2 and juv. from Concordia (/. H. C. Krapohl) ; colour as 

 described under {a). 



ClanwiUiam Div. — {g) 2 <? and a number of ? and juv. from Pak- 

 huis {Po. and M. Schlechter, L. Mally) ; colour as described under («), 



