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patches forming a series of spots suggesting the median dorsal 

 band of P. ojnlio ; palpi pale, with darker brown stripes on the 

 femur and patella ; legs indistinctly annulated, with femora dark 

 brown, the spines white ; patella dark below, tibia with an 

 indistinct broad dark band. 



S . Dorsal integument closely granular : carapace with a 

 cluster composed of nearly twenty long and strong or shorter 

 and weaker spines in front of the ocular tubercle ; some marginal 

 spines as "well ; one spine on each side near the tubercle, a trans- 

 verse row of longer and shorter spines behind the tubercle, and 

 a corresponding I'ow on the posterior segment of the carapace 

 and on the five following fused tergal plates ; some additional 

 scattered spines on the terga, especially towards the middle line. 



Ocular tubercle armed with foui- pairs of long and strong spines, 

 unequally or subequally spaced, the first rising slightly above the 

 level of the last. 



Basal segment of mandible shorter than the oculiferous segment 

 of the carapace, reaching as far forwards as the base of the 

 femur of the palp ; armed above with some seta-tipped tubercles 

 and externally with about half a dozen strong curved spines ; 

 second segment unspined, subparallel when viewed from the 

 front. Paljy with femur rather strongly tubercular below ; 

 tarsus long and arcuate, as long as patella + tibia and perhaps 

 a little longer than the femur. Legs with coxje clistally tubercular ; 

 trochanters spined externally and internally ; femora studded 

 with serially arranged sharp spiniform tubercles ; patellae apically 

 spined above ; tibiae unspined, with flattened dorsal, ventral, and 

 lateral surfaces, the angles being mostly rounded and hairy, not 

 so sharply angular as in P. opilio for example. 



$ . Larger than J ; the spines on the carapace (but not on the 

 tubercle ^), abdomen, and appendages noticeably weaker. Mandibles 

 smaller, the basal segment withoiit external spikes or spines. 



Measurements in mm.: — S- Total length 5 ; length of cheli- 

 cera 3, of palp 6 ; femur of 1st leg 5, of 4th leg 6. 



$ . Total length 9 ; chelicera 3, palp 5 ; femur of 1st leg 4, of 

 4th leg 6. 



Loc. S. Africa: Teafontein near Grahamstown [Miss L. Leppaii). 

 Also the young of the same or an allied species from Port Elizabeth 

 (Dr. R. Broom). 



This species apparently diflTers from P. capense Loman (Zool. 

 Jahrb., Syst. xi. p. 518, 1898), from Matjesfontein, in possessing 

 normally not less than four pairs of ocular spines, instead of 

 three ; in having the tarsus of the palp as long as its patella and 

 tibia taken together, instead of only about as long as the tibia ; 

 and apparently in the greater length of the legs — ?. e. the type of 

 P. capense, measuring 8 mm. long, has a second leg of nearly 



1 The nnmber of ocxilar spines is variable ; 4 + 4 seems to be the normal, but 

 sometimes an extra small spine is added below in front or behind, so that there are 

 not uncommonly five spines at least on one side. In one example there are six 

 ?pines on one side and three oh the other. 



