New South African Trap-Door Spiders. 369 
Carapace as long as the tibia and metatarsus of fourth leg but 
slightly exceeding the tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus of first leg ; bottom 
of the fovea very distinctly or only slightly procurved. 
Chelicere as in the 3, but the under side longer than the sternum. 
Posterior spinners with the apical segment shorter than the pen- 
ultimate segment but exceeding half its length; anterior spinners 
separated by about twice their diameter or more. 
Labiwm with 2-4 apical teeth in a single row. Coxe of pedipalps 
with 2-4 teeth at the base. 
Pedipalps with some spines on the tarsus and tibia below. 
Legs.—-Tibia of first leg equal in length to the metatarsus. Tarsi 
without spines, the anterior ones furnished below with numerous 
longish hairs and fine bristles but not distinctly scopulate, the 
posterior ones with stouter bristles. Metatarsi I and II with one 
apical inner and 1-2 outer spines below, III and IV with 3 strong 
apical spines below, 3 spines along the posterior upper edge, and 2 
along or near the anterior upper edge, IV also with 2-4 other spines 
below in 2 rows. Tibie I and II without spines, II with some stout 
spiniform sete below, III and IV with 1-2 apical spines and some 
paired spiniform setz below, III also with 1 distal spine and 1 
superior basal (often setiform) spine on the posterior surface, 1 
posterior basal spine on the dorsal surface, and 1 stout submesial 
spine on the anterior surface, IV with a stout distal spine and a 
couple of more proximal.and slenderer spines or spiniform sete on 
the inner surface. Patella III with a row of 3 stout spines on 
anterior surface. Femur IV with an apical transverse row of stout 
setze and setiform spines on the outer and upper edges. Claws of 
anterior legs with 2-4 teeth in the basal row and 2-4 small teeth in 
the row nearest the axis of the leg, the latter row wholly distal to the 
former; claws of fourth leg with 2 teeth in the basal row, the inner 
claw also with a more distal row of 2-3 teeth, the outer claw with cr 
without a small, more distal tooth nearer the axis of the leg. 
Measurements.—VTotal length g 93-124, ? 141; length of carapace 
3 41-44, 9 5. | 
This species has relatively short legs and long chelicere. 
2. HERMACHASTES SAGITTARIUS N. sp. 
(a) Type: 1 g (No. 7814) found under a stone at Brandvlei, 
Worcester Div., by myself. 
3. Colowr.—Pale ochraceous ; the cephalic portion of the carapace 
with a median and 2 lateral, well-marked, fusco-olivaceous bands; 
the under side of the sternum, coxe, and especially of the posterior 
