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and almost as long as the tibia and metatarsus of the first leg in the 
large ° ; fovea transverse, sometimes very slightly procurved. 
Chelicere stouter, with 8-9 teeth in the inner series, the under side 
almost equalling the sternum in length. 
Posterior spurners with the apical segment only about 4 as long as 
the penultimate segment. 
Labium with 2-4 apical teeth. Coxe of pedipalps with 15-30 
teeth at the base. | 
Tibia of first leg equal to the metatarsus in length. Anterior 
tarsi scopulate below. Metatarsi I and II with 2 (sometimes 3) 
inner and 3 outer spines below, II often also with an inner dorsal 
spine, III and IV also spined. Tibia I and II with 1-3 apical 
spines and several setiform spines below, and often also with 1-2 
spines or setiform spines at the upper inner edge; III and IV 
with 2-3 apical spines and some paired spiniform sete below, III 
also with 1 distal, 0-1 middle and 1 superior basal spine on posterior 
surface, 1 posterior basal spine on dorsal surface, and 1-2 spines 
along the middle of the anterior surface, IV with a row of (generally 
3) spines and setiform spines along the inner surface. Patella III, 
with 3 stout spines along the anterior surface. Femur IV with a 
group of stout spiniform sete along the anterior and upper apical 
edges. Claws with about 5 long teeth in the basal row furthest from 
the axis of the leg; the row nearest this axis more distal but still 
opposite to the other row for a considerable portion of its length and 
composed of 7-9 teeth in the anterior legs, but almost entirely distal 
to the other row and composed of only 5-6 (sometimes only 4) teeth 
in the fourth pair of legs. 
Measurements.—Total length g 103, 9 194; length of carapace 
gf 44, 2? 63, width g 3-4, 2 4-9. 
The specimens from Worcester and the ¢ from Brandvlei all 
evidently belong to the same species, the localities being only half a 
dozen miles apart. 
3. HERMACHASTES VALIDUS N. sp. 
Types: 1 §,1 large and 5 smaller @ , dug out of the earth at Bonnie 
Vale Farm near Bushmans Drift on the Breede River, ‘oupell ancl 
Div. (near Ashton), by Mr. Charles Groom. 
g. Colour.—Carapace strongly infuscated; chelicerze brownish 
black, reddish near the base ; femora strongly infuscated above and 
distally at the sides, the sides and under surface otherwise pale 
ochraceous ; tibia of first leg blackish red all round, the metatarsus 
and tarsus also red; the remaining segments of the other legs pale 
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