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surface with stout setae in addition ; the tibia with some stout distal 

 spines on the sides and below ; the upper surface of the tibia and of 

 the proximal part of the metatarsus densely covered with abbreviated 

 granuliform spinules. 



Chclicera hairy, the upper surface densely covered with minute 

 pointed spinules. Upper finger furnished internally with several, 

 short, stout spines, the dorsal surface with a small, distal, oval area 

 containing 2 very large, black tubercles ; the terminal fang curving 

 downwards, laterally compressed, furnished with a large basal 

 tubercle on the inner side above ; inferior surface of finger with 

 a large inner tooth behind the middle and an outer row of 5 small 

 teeth, the distal tooth very remote from the apex. Lower finger 

 strongly upcurved distally, with a moderate- sized tooth in the 

 middle, another similar one behind the middle, and a very minute 

 tooth between these two, the upper edge provided further with a low 

 outer keel and a row of minute inner teeth in front of the other teeth. 



Flagellum, as in Hexisopus, rotatably attached by a cup-like basal 

 enlargement just above the large inner tooth of the dorsal finger, the 

 shaft at first procurrent, then curving upwards, then backwards, and 

 finally downwards, terminating a little behind the basal cup, the 

 apex bifid, the medial branch short and tooth-like, the lateral branch 

 longer and subulate. 



Total length 30 mm. 



Locality. — One S" found by Mr. Barber under a bush in British 

 Bechuanaland about 100 miles south of the junction of the 

 Moshowing with the Molopo Kivers. 



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