222 Annals of the South African Museum. 



times subequal to or even much shorter than the apical segment 

 (specimens from Little Bushmanland). 



Hexisopus eeticulatus, n. sp. 

 (Pig. 9.) 



<y . Colour. — Chelicerae yellow, with fine infuscate reticulation on 

 the sides and above, the terminal fang reddish at the base, black at 

 the apex (one of the chelicerae with a lateral and two dorsal, longi- 

 tudinal, infuscate stripes uniting distally, these stripes partly obsolete 

 on the other chelicera). Cephalothorax blackish brown, with a 

 narrow, sharply marked, yellow border at the lateral and anterior 

 margins, and a large, three-leaved, yellowish, reticulated mark in the 

 centre ; the surface covered with long, soft, white hairs and sparsely 

 distributed, short, dark brown bristles. Thoraco-abdomen infuscate 

 above at least in the anterior segments, covered with long, soft, 

 white hairs, the anterior edge with some short, dark brown ones in 

 addition. Legs and pedipalps pale yellow. 



Chelicera. — Upper finger evenly curving downwards towards the 

 apex, the terminal fang rather pointed, scarcely curved outwards, 

 flattened externally, dilated internally at the base in the same 

 manner as in lanatus ; teeth of the upper finger as in the description 

 of lanatus (Ann. S. A. Mus., v. 1, p. 385). Lower finger long, slender, 

 strongly curved, with a small tooth behind the middle. Inner side 

 of upper finger provided with a distal tooth-like tuft of reddish 

 spines, similar to those in lanatiis (p. 221 above). 



Fig. 9. — jj. reticulatus, n. sp. ; a, left chelicera from medial side ; h, apex 

 of flagellum more magnified. 



Flagellum. — Basal cup large, equalling the procurrent portion in 

 length ; the shaft cylindrical, curved semicircularly at the anterior 

 bend, then straight for some distance and strongly curved down- 

 wards again at the apex, the apical portion strongly compressed, 

 blade-like, slightly dilated and sharp-edged below and ending in a 

 point at some distance behind the basal cup. 



