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of 3rd and 4tli divided by a complete band of setae : protarsi of 

 these legs with only faint traces of scopulse at their distal ends ; 

 tibice of 1st and 2nd with 1,1,2 setiform spines below, tibia of 

 3rd with 2, 2, 2 setiform spines below and in addition 2 strong 

 spines behind, 2 above and 3 in front ; patella, of 1st and 2nd leg 

 unarmed, of 3rd with 2 spines in front and 2 behind ; patella of 

 4th with 1 spine behind ; protar^us of 1st and 2nd with 2 spines 

 (3 on 2nd protarsus) beneath amongst the scopnlar hairs and 1 

 at apex ; protarsus of 3rd armed with 15 spines arranged in rows 

 of 3 each ; protarsus of 4th with a large number of irregularly 

 arranged spines. Each claw with two rows of strong teeth. 



Palp : femur aruied internally at apex with one spine, bristly, 

 patella unspined; tibia armed below with about 7 spines, of which 

 two pairs are at the apex; tarsus scopulate throughout below 

 scantily posteriorly, with one external basal spine. 



Posterior spinners more than half the length of the carapace, 

 the apical segment the longest. 



Measurements in millimetres. Total length 16 : length of cara- 

 pace 7-5, width 5-5 ; length of 1st leg 18, of 2nd 16-5, of 3rd 

 14'5, of 4th 20, of posterior spinner 4-3. 



Loc. Durban (//. A. Spencer). A single female example. 



The only other known S. African species of this genus is 

 B. capensis from the Cape of Good Hope, described by Ausserer 

 (Verb. z.-b. Wien, 1871, p. 175). The new species from Durban 

 appears to differ from capensis, according to Ausserer's description, 

 in having the 4th tarsus scopulate, in the colouring of its legs, the 

 recurved thoracic fovea, &e. 



Genus Heteeothele, Karsch, 

 SB. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1879, p. 64. 



This genus was omitted by Simon from his classification of the 

 Diplurince as " invisum et incertce sedis." The genus, however, 

 is highly important, inasmuch as it partakes of the characters 

 of Simon's Diplurece and 3lacrothelece, and yet differs from both as 

 well as from all the other genera of the family in possessing ungual 

 tufts. 



The tarsi of all the legs are weakly scopulate, the scopulae being 

 divided by a line of setae ; scopular hairs are also visible at the 

 apices of the protarsi. The 3rd claw is distinct except on 1st 

 leg, where it seems to be absent, but there is a very distinct 

 ungual tuft on each side of it as Karsch states. The superior 

 claws are furnished v\ith a single row of teeth ; the tibife and pro- 

 tarsi of the legs are strongly spined ; the tarsi are straight, shorter 

 than the protarsi and not flexible. The tibia of the 1st leg in the 

 male is not spurred, and the spine of the palpal organ is long and 

 Hlender. 



The thoracic fovea is subcircular ; the ocular tubercle wide, the 

 anterior line of eyes almost straight. 



The anterior spinners are adjacent, the distance between them 



