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pace 16-5, width 13-5; length of 1st leg 47, of 2nd 44, of 3rd 

 41-5, of 4th 52; patella and tibia of 1st 17, of 2nd 15-5, of 3rd 

 13, of 4th 17. 



Loc. S. Africa (the exact locality of this form is unfortunately 

 not known). 



The species of Harpactira known to me may he recognized as 

 follows : — 



Males. 



a. Lower cluster of bristles on outer surface of mandible 



farther remoYed from the oral fringe and composed 

 of about four rows of spines ; abdomen covered with 

 a rich coating of fiery-red hairs ; carapace black, with 

 a row of reddish hairs ; legs black, but the setae foxy- 

 grey distally chryiogasfer, s^. n, 



b. Lower cluster of notes on the mandible less close to 



the oral fringe and consisting of a single row of setce ; 

 prevailing colour of body and limbs velvety black ; 

 setaj on the limbs a little greyish at the tips, those 

 on the abdomen a foxy red atra (Latr.). 



Females. 



a. Protarsus of 4th leg noticeably curved from base to tip 



(carapace about the same length as the patella and 

 tibia of the 1st and 4th legs, distinctly shorter than the 

 tarsus and protarsus of the 4th) curvipes, ap. n. 



b. Protarsus of 4th leg not noticeably bowed, straight. 



«'. Lower series of notes on the mandible not isolated from 

 the rest of the oral fringe ; the upper series nearly hori- 

 zontal and less regularly disposed ; (carapace lineate, 

 shorter by half the tarsus than the tibia, protarsus, and 

 tarsus of the 3rd leg ; equal in length to protarsus and 



tarsus of 4th leg) lineaia, sp. n. 



b'. Lower series of notes isolated ; upper series forming a 



regular and oblique series. 



a^. Prevailing colour mouse-grey or brown, carapace 



dark with distinct white bands radiating from the 



fovea : carapace not less than tarsus and protarsus 



of 4th leg and tarsus, protarsus, and tibia of 3rd 



leg tigrina, Ausb. 



6^. Prevailing colour black; carapace without white 

 stripes, shorter than tibia, protarsus, and tarsus of 

 3rd leg and than protarsus and tarsus of 4th atra (Latr.). 



The following species are unknown to me : — 



Harpactira cafreriana, "Walckenaer, Ins. Apt. i. p. 225, 1837 

 (sub Mijiiale). Judging from the description, this species from 

 Caffraria differs from atra and tigrina in being of a clear reddish 

 colour. 



Harpactira villosa, id. ibid. p. 226, from the Cape of Grood 

 Hope, is according to Walckenaer like cafreriana, but more hairy. 



Harpactira constricta, Grerstaecker in Von der Decken's ' Keisen 

 in Ost-Africa,' iii., 2. p. 486, and H. chordata, id. ibid. p. 487, from 

 Dafeta, Kilimanjaro. According to Karsch (Mon. Ak. Wiss. 

 Berlin, 1878, p. 316), constricta was based upon a young example 

 of chordata. 



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