770 MB. R. T. pococK OK ETHIOPIAN spiDEHS. [June 15, 



distance between them and the margin ; the second pair also 

 removed a small distance from the edge. 



Legs 4, 1, 2, 3 ; tarsal scopula of 4th divided by a narrow but 

 distinct band of setae, of 3rd not divided, Avith merely a few 

 scattered setse along the middle line ; of 2nd and 1st entire ; 

 scopula on 1st protarsus very scanty on the proximal half, not 

 extending to the base, on 2nd covering about half the segment, on 

 the 3rd the distal third of the segment, and the -Ith represented bj^ 

 two narrow and scanty bands of scopulate hairs ; tibiae and protarsi 

 of all the legs spiny, as well as the femora and patellae in part. 

 Claws furnished with a row of small teeth. 



External spinners about half the lengtli of the carapace ; the 

 internal separated by a space which is nearly equal to their length. 



Tibia of 1st leg in male not spurred. 



MiASCHiSTOPUS EAPiDUS, sp. n. (Plate XLI. fig. 5.) 



Colour. Carapace covered with yellowish-brown hairs, those on 

 the legs browner and intermixed with blackish setae; coxae, 

 sternum, and lower surface of the femora greyer ; a band of whitish 

 hairs on tip of femora, patella, tibiae, and protarsi; abdomen 

 covered below with brownish-yellow hairs; the upper surface 

 naked behind, covered in front with long greyish or reddish erect 

 setae rising out of a greyish coating of hairs. 



Carapace as long as patella and tibia of 3rd leg, excelling patella, 

 tibia, and tarsus of palp, shorter than protarsus of 4th, but longer 

 than the other protarsi by about half the length of their respective 

 tarsi ; width of carapace about equal to tibia of 4th, greater than 

 the other tibiae. 



Legs. Patella and tibia of 4th a little excelling those of 1st and 

 excelling the tarsi and protarsi of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pairs; 

 pateha, tibia, and tarsus of 3rd a Uttle less than those of 1st, and 

 just about equal to those of the 2ud ; 1st leg shorter than 4th by 

 about the length of the tarsus, 3rd shorter than 1st by almost the 

 same amount ; femora of legs with an internal apical spine, patella 

 of 3rd and 4th with an internal (posterior) spine ; tibiae of all the 

 legs armed with many strong spines, with alv\ays a pair and some- 

 times more at the apex below ; protarsi of 1st and 2nd spined 

 beneath at the base and tip of the scopula, the 1st with only one 

 at the base, the 2nd with 2 or 3 ; protarsi of 3rd and 4th very 

 strongly spined both below and above ; tibia of 3rd thick, the width 

 more than one-third of its length. Palp extending just past the 

 patella of the 1st leg, its femur armed with an internal apical 

 spine, its tibia with an internal distal cluster of about a dozen 

 spines. 



Palpal organ prominent posteriorly at the base, the bulbous 

 part passing without any constriction into the spine, which is 

 exceeding broad basally, where it bears a distinct posterior 

 nodular prominence, and when viewed from the side is triangular, 

 pointed below, the apex being in no sense filiform. 



