1897.] MR. B. t. FOCOCK OK HTHIOMAN SPIDERS. 757 



is furnished at the base on the inner side with a conspicuous tuft 

 of scopulate hairs, the segment at this spot being distinctly 

 bowed, its lower surface being convex basally and its upper 

 concave (this character is readily perceptible by touch, less so by 

 sight owing to the thickness of tlie hairs) ; a similar scopular tuft 

 has been described by Karsch in the male of his alicajpillatum. 



Viewed from the front the palpal spine is seen to curve a little 

 outwards, but from the outside it is almost quite straight and 

 defined behind at the base by a shallow notch. 



Measurements in millimetres. — J (type). Total length 48 ; 

 length of carapace 25, width 22 ; length of 1st leg 72, of 2nd 64, 

 of 3rd 56, of 4th 66 ; patella and tibia of 1st 27, of 4th 24 ; tibia 

 and protarsus of 1st 30 ; tarsus and protarsus of 4th 24 \ 



(S . Total length 32 ; length of carapace 14, width 13 ; length 

 of 1st leg 54, of 2nd 50, of 3rd 43, of 4th 53 ; patella and tibia 

 of 1st 20, of 4th 18*5 ; protarsus and tarsus of 4th 20. 



Log. Sierra Leone. Specimens of both sexes received from 

 various sources, including Mr. Charles Wilson and Mr. Mitford. 



ScoDKA BRACHYPODA, sp. n. (Plate XLIII. figs. 8-8 a.) 



$ . — Colour practically as in griseipes ; prevailing tint an ashy 

 yellowish gi-ey ; an irregular brownish band on each side of 

 the carapace from the ocular tubercle backwards ; a black patch 

 on the upperside of the tarsus and protarsus, and a less distinct 

 double one at the base of the tibia ; femora, patellfe, and tibiae in 

 part with a pair of pale whitish lines ; abdomen with a median 

 interrupted band, spotted at the sides. 



Carapace a trifle longer than the patella and tibia oP the 1st leg, 

 and as long as its tibia and protarsus, and as the tibia, pi'otarsus, 

 and half the tarsus of the 3rd (4th leg absent). 



S . Differing from the female in the same respects as in the 

 case of Sc. griseipes ; differing from the male of Se. griseipes in the 

 following particulars. There is no cushion-like projection on the 

 base of the scopula of the 1st protarsus, and this segment is not 

 bowed but straight, and the palpal spine when viewed from the 

 front is not lightly curved outwards but rather inwards, while 

 from the side it is seen to be very distinctly arched from the base 

 to the point ; the point, moreover, is not evenly and gradually 

 attenuate, but is more abruptly narrowed in the distal third of its 

 length. 



The length of the carapace is a little greater than the length 

 of the 4th protarsus, a little longer than the patella and tibia of 

 3rd leg, equal to the protarsus of 1st + the area of the tarsus to 

 the distal end of the spot, a little greater than the patella and 

 tibia of the palp ; equal to the tibia of the 1st leg -f- the part 

 reaching up to the spot on the protarsus. 



Measurements in millimetres. — $ (type). Total length 35 ; 

 length of carapace 15, width 13 ; length of 1st leg 37, of 2nd 34, 



^ In this and all cases the measurements of the limbs are taken from the 

 base of the femur. 



