396 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON SOME [Dec. 2, 



patella and tibia ; a few low tubercles on the trochanter. Coxae 

 of 1st and 2nd legs with a few low tubercles; trochanters of 1st, 

 2nd, and 3rd legs with a few spines. 



Measurements in mm.: — Total length 8; length of carapace 

 (from anterior border to second groove behind tubercle) 2 ; basal 

 segment of mandible 3-5, second segment 5, width of latter 1-6 ; 

 length of palp 9. 



Log. Cape Colony : Jansenville [Miss Leppan). 



Differs from R. spenceri and crassus, to which it is nearly 

 related, by the presence of a long porrect frontal spine, &c. 



Phalangium (Ehampsinitus) leighi, sp. n. (Text-fig. 80.) 

 cJ . Colour uniformly blackish brown throughout. 

 Dorsal integioment finely and closely granular ; carapace (text- 

 fig. 80, A) with an oblique row of small tubercles on its lateral 

 slope, a few marginal and a small one in the middle of the 

 anterior border. Ocular tubercle about 1-^ times its diameter from 

 the anterior border, very high, surmounted by three long subequal, 

 subequally spaced spines, the anterior and the posterior rising at 

 nearly the same level and above the centre of the eye. Dorsal 

 scute of abdomen with segmental rows of sharp tubercles. 

 Mandibles (text-fig. 80, A) long, but variable in length, and 



Text-fi^. 80. 



PJialangium ifiliampsinitus) leigM, $ ^ . 

 A. Carapace and mandible of male. B. Mandible of female. 



slender, like those of Macropsalis, studded with spicules, which 

 are larger, moi-e numerous, and closer-set on the 2nd than on the 

 1st segment. Palpi unarmed, shortly haiiy, femur subequal to the 

 patella + tibia; tarsus rather longer. Ze^s with spicular femora. 



$ . A little larger than c? , yellowish white below. Mandibles 

 quite small and smooth, except for a few apical tubercles on the 

 basal segment (text-fig. 80, B). 



