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the first of which runs to the base of the 4th leg ; the remaining 

 four terga without spicules. 



Mandibles (text-fig. 79, A) with basal segment arcuate, thickly 

 and strongly spicvilar above and internally, aimed below, both 

 externally and internally, with many long, strong, close-set spines ; 

 second segment stout, smooth except for some smallish spicules 

 on the inner side at the base ; the digits each with two larger 

 spaced teeth and some smaller ones. 



Palpi with a sharp spine at the base of the maxillary process, 

 studded with shoi t, stiff bristles ; tarsus long, much longer than 

 tibia + patella, at least as long as femur. Legs Avith femora, 

 and to a lesser degree the trochanters, studded with numerous 

 conical tubercles or spicules ; a few also on the patella of the 3rd 

 and 4th legs. 



Measurements in mm. : — Total length 6*5 ; mandible about 9 ; 

 palp 13 ; 1st leg 19, 2nd 29, 3rd 18, 4th 29 (approx.). 



Log. Natal [H. A. Spencer). 



This species is evidently nearly related to R. crassus Loman 

 (Zool. Jahrb. xi. Syst. p. 520, pi. 31. figs. 7-9) fi^om the Cape 

 Colony (loG. ?), but apparently differs in the much smaller number 

 of spicules in front of the ocvdar tubercle, the disposition of the 

 spines on the ocular tubercle, the anterior and posterior rising at 

 the same level and both on a level with the eye, and the absence 

 of an angular projection on. the base of the second segment of the 

 mandibles. 



Phalaxgium (Rhampsinitus) telifroxs, sp. n. (Text-fig. 79, B.) 



S . Colour yellowish brown, finely mottled with darker median 

 dorsal band. 



Dorsal integuinent closely granular ; abdomen with transverse 

 segmental series of sharp tubercles. Ocular tubercle longer than 

 high, more than its own diameter from the anterior border of the 

 carapace (text-fig. 79, B), armed with two rows of 5-6 conical 

 tubercles, the largest on the summit subequal to the diameter 

 of the eye ; three denticles on the sides of the carapace between 

 the ocular tubercle and the lateral impression, an oblique row 

 external to them, frontal area furnished on each side with a 

 cluster of about a dozen larger and smaller teeth ; the middle 

 of the anterior border with a longish, subcylindrical, horizontally 

 directed spine. 



Mandibles a little longer than the body ; basal segment studded 

 above with numerous sharp tubercles, smooth at the proximal and 

 distal extremities ; armed below, externally and internally, with a 

 partially double series of about seventeen or. more longer and 

 shorter, mostly curved short spines, decreasing in length towards 

 the distal end of the segment and more or less clustered together 

 at its proximal end ; second segment quite smooth except for a 

 few small low tubercles on the upper inner angle, subcylindrical, 

 a, little wider at its widest than the second segment. Palpi simple, 

 hairy ; tarsus longer than femur, Avhich is itself longer than 



