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of the patch less than 4 that of the upper side of the segment; 
metatarsus with an infero - posterior apical transverse row of 6-7 
equal sete. ! 
Measurements.—Total length 29 mm.; length of carapace 9, width 
8; width of ocular area 44; length of tibia of first leg 34, of 
metatarsus 3%, of fourth metatarsus 4-9. 
The characters afforded by the eyes distinguish this species sharply 
from any other hitherto described. 
GEN. GORGYRELLA nov. 
Sternum with 3 pairs of sagilla, all more or less remote from the 
margim, the posterior pair larger, oval, slightly further from the 
lateral margin opposite the base of the third leg than from one 
another, the 2 anterior pairs small, placed midway between the 
median line and the lateral margin opposite the bases of the first and 
second legs respectively, or the anterior pair nearer the lateral margin. 
Posterior part of under surface of the coxe of first and second legs 
and especially the infero-posterior surface of that of third leg with a 
large area densely studded with minute, sharp, dentiform spinules. 
Lateral margins of carapace lightly sinuated above the base of the 
third leg on each side. Cheliceree produced at the inner angles in 
front into a prominent lobe, which bears about 5 short, stout, conical 
teeth on the sides and apex, the lateral part of the anterior edge of 
the chelicere armed with a row of long bristles, with or without 
a short conical tooth near the lobe. Other characters as in 
Acanthodon. | 
Type: G. namaquensis n. sp. 
GORGYRELLA NAMAQUENSIS 0. sp. 
(a) Type: 1 ¢@ (No. 8469) found by Mr. A. W. Rogers and Mr. 
EK. H. L. Schwarz near the foot of the western slope of the Giftberg, 
south of Van Rhyns Dorp, Cape Colony, during one of their expedi- 
tions in connection with the Geological Survey. The spider was 
found in a subterranean nest closed by a trap-door. 
?. Colowr.-—Carapace and limbs pale ochraceous, the chelicere 
yellowish brown; abdomen dirty pale yellowish, without spots ; 
coxee of pedipalps and the labium reddish brown. 
Carapace (measured laterally to the ocular area) as long as the 
tibia, metatarsus and 4 the tarsus of fourth leg, and equal to the 
patella, tibia and + of the metatarsus of first leg. ) 
Ocular area wider than long, its length almost equal to the distance 
