1897.] ME. B. I. POCOCK ON ETHIOPIA]^r SPIDERS. 761 



genus was primarily based. And since the type of HarpaxotJieria, 

 namely antilope, is admitted by Mons. Simon (see Hist. Nat. 

 Araignees, i. p. 154, 1892) to be congeneric with helandana, it is 

 clear that Harpaxotheria is a synonym of Phoneyusa. 



Phonexusa gbegoeii, sp. n. (Plate XLIII. figs. 6-6 a.) 



c? . — Colour deep brown ; the carapace and legs clothed above 

 with bright reddish-brown hairs ; hairs on the lower side of the 

 tibia of the palp long and numerous ; a long scopula of feathery 

 hairs on the outer side of the femur of the palp ; upperside of 

 abdomen furnished with long bristles. 



Carapace distinctly shorter than the patella and tibia of the 1st 

 and 4th legs, only a little longer than the 4th protarsus ; ocular 

 tubercle moderately convex, about one-third wider than long; 

 eyes of anterior line slightly procurved, the median a little larger 

 than the lateral, separated by a space a little less than their 

 diameter ; posterior lateral smaller than the anterior lateral ; the 

 posterior median still smaller, closer to the posterior lateral than 

 to the anterior median. 



Legs long, 4, 1, 2, 3 ; patella and tibia of 4th and 1st almost 

 equal ; protarsus of 4th just equal to patella and tibia of 2nd ; 

 femur of the 3rd incrassate, nearly as thick as high, much thicker 

 and higher than its patella ; scopulae all complete ; protarsi of 

 1st and 2nd scopulate to base, of 3rd with more than its distal 

 half covered, of 4th with quite its distal third covered; protarsi 

 with at least one spine at the apex ; tibiae of 3rd and 4th with a 

 pair of spines, of 2nd with 3 spines, two being external, of 1st 

 with two external spines and a cluster of three on the inner side. 



PaljJ long; patella, tibia, and tarsus as long as the carapace; 

 unspined; spine of palpal organ distally attenuate, curved for^^•ards, 

 then outwards, with a strong basal keel on its outer side. 



Measurements in millimetres. Total length 41 ; length of carapace 

 21-5, width 18 ; length of palpus 34-5, of 1st leg 63, of 2nd leg 

 58-5, of 3rd leg 56, of 4th leg 73 ; patella and tibia of 1st 23-8, of 

 4th 24 ; of 4th protarsus 20. 



Loc. Kilungu, Iveti Mountains (Masailand). A single male 

 example obtained by Dr. J. W. Gregory. 



The type of this species is much larger than those of gracilipes 

 and ectypa mentioned below, which are also males, the cara- 

 pace in these measuring 11 and 12 mm. respectively. In the 

 former, moreover, the 4th leg is more than four times as long as 

 the carapace, and there are 8-10 spines on the lower side of the 

 1st tibia. P. ectypa, on the contrary, would seem to resemble this 

 new form in most particulars, so far as can be judged from the 

 description; but apart from its much smaller size there is no 

 mention of the band of scopular hairs on the outer side of the 

 femur of the palp ^ 



1 This character may be of generic importance, since it is found in all the 

 species of Hysterocrates known to me, as well as in Acentrocnemis. 



