South African AracJmicla. 213 



Tergites of abdomen with some short scattered spines, which are 

 replaced in the posteriormost segments by longer cylindrical bristles. 

 Second abdominal segment provided below with two clusters, each 

 consisting of a pair of long, slender, filiform, contiguous, reddish hair- 

 structures, and curved backwards and towards the median plane, but 

 not meeting the adjacent cluster. 



PediiKilps with several stout spines below, hidden amongst the 

 cylinder-bristles on the tibia and metatarsus ; the cylindrical bristles 

 on the dorsal surface of the tibia very short in the basal two-fifths, 

 but much longer in the distal three-fifths of the segment. 



Total length 11|-, length of pedipalp 12 J. 



Locality. — 1 S' from Steinkopf, Namaqualand Div. {M. Schlechter). 



Blossia unquicornis, n. sp. 

 (Pig. 3.) 



^ . Colour pale yellow to reddish, the cephalothorax at the sides, 

 the abdominal tergites and in one specimen, also, the metatarsus of 

 the pedipalps and the fourth leg in places, more or less marked with 

 dark brown or reddish brown, the anterior margin of the cephalo- 

 thorax also more or less darkened ; the very short cylindrical bristles 

 on the limbs and body reddish, giving the whole animal a reddish 

 tinge. 



Cephalothorax and ahdominal tergites as in namaquensis ; the 

 second abdominal segment provided below with two clusters of acute, 

 sickle-shaped, rather thick and fleshy, reddish hair-structures, each 

 cluster composed of two such hairs and meeting the adjoining cluster 

 distally in the median plane. 



Pedipalps with several short spines below among the long cylinder- 

 bristles of the tibia and metatarsus, the dorsal surface of the tibia 

 ■with very short cylindrical bristles throughout. 



CheUcerce thickly covered with strong spines ; the distal dorsal 

 bristle strongly curved, thick at the base but becoming rapidly 

 thinner and filiform, the slender portion covered with minute fine 

 spinules. Upper finger strong, directed upwards and straight at 

 first, but curving downwards towards the apex ; the 5 distal teeth 

 large, especially the first and the fourth, followed on the outer side 

 by a row of other large teeth belonging to the double series ; the 

 distal tooth nearer the apex of the fang in the upper than in the 

 lower finger ; lower finger with 2 large teeth, and a small but not 

 very minute one between them. 



Flagellum membranous, broadly spathulate ; the distal part broad, 



