320 Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 
Gren. HARPACTIRA, Auss. 
1. HARPACTIRA ATRA (Latr.). 
1832. Mygale atra, Latreille, Nouv. Ann. Mus. dhist. nat., v. 1, 
jou 0) 
1837. M. funebra, Walckenaer, Ins. apt., v. 1, p. 226, 9 and ? 
from ‘Cape of Good Hope.”’ 
1842. M. coracina, ©: th, Koch, Arach 7. 9) peag, t (4g arom 
‘Cape of Good Hope.”’ 
1842. M. funebris, C. L. Koch, ibid., p. 81, f. 742 and 743, 9 and 
Juv. from ‘“‘ Cape of Good Hope.” 
1897. Harpactira atra, Pocock, P.Z.8., 1897, p. 749, g and 9 on 
Simons Town, $ from Zululand, juv. from Worcester. 
The Museum possesses the following specimens :— 
(a) Thirteen g and a number of 2 and juv. from various parts of 
the Cape Peninsula. 
$ . Colowr.—Limbs and carapace black or nearly so, more rarely 
chestnut-brown ; the hairs on the legs olivaceous black (olive-brown 
in brown individuals), the long hairs often brownish distally; the 
hairs on the carapace, including those at the margins, uniformly 
olivaceous black (olivaceous in brown individuals); the under coat 
of shorter hairs on the abdomen black (olive-brown in brown 
individuals), the middle coat dense, composed of stiff black 
bristles, the outer coat of long foxy-red hairs. 
Carapace as long as the metatarsus together with from:+ to slightly 
over 3 of the tarsus of fourth leg, and as long as the fhe together 
with %—§ of the metatarsus of first leg. 
Tibia of first leg short and thick, 23-3 times as long as high in the 
middle, its length mostly slightly less than, but sometimes equal to, 
that of the metatarsus and generally about equal to the distance 
from the centre of the fovea to the hind margin of the ocular 
tubercle, rarely greater or considerably less than this distance, at 
any rate not exceeding the distance from the fovea to the middle of 
the ocular tubercle. Metatarsus only slightly curved, its length equal 
to the distance from the fovea to some point on the ocular tubercle. 
Bulb of pedipalp with the process gradually tapering from the 
stout base to the slender, subulate, distal part, which is terete and 
shows scarcely any or no sigmoid flexure. 
Posterior spinners short, the apical segment obtusely conical in 
form (when not grooved on the under side), equal to or a little 
longer than the penultimate segment, and shorter than the ocular 
tubercle. * 
* The length of the segments of the spinners is taken on the under side near 
the lateral margin. 
