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leg in the ? , and equal to the tibiae but shorter than the metatarsus 

 in the $ . 



Vulva. — Large excavation on the surface longer than broad, its 

 bottom bordered on each side by a curved dark reddish, band which 

 terminates posteriorly in a large round black mark (PL X., fig. 1). 



Tibiae of 2 anterior pairs of legs with 3 pairs of spines below. 



First leg in $ with the metatarsus a little longer than the tibia, 

 bent slightly but rather suddenly inwards near end of basal 5-, and 

 gently and slightly curved along the greater part of its length (the 

 concavity below), and more sharply in the opposite direction at the 

 base (the concavity above). 



Length of carapace and abdomen, 2 ? 9-13, $ $ 9-9-J- mm. 



(b) 2 2 ? from Willowmore (Dr. H. Brauns, 1903). Legs with 

 fewer spines, the tibia of the first pair with only 2 pairs of spines 

 below (the basal spines being absent), that of second leg with 1-2 

 basal spines. 



2. Auximus silvaticus, n. sp. 



Specimens.— 2 ? 2 and 1 juv. (No. 12797) from the forest at the 

 Knysna (March, 1896, W. F. P.). 



Eesembling A. capensis, Poc, in general coloration, &c, but with 

 much longer and slenderer legs and very different vulva. 



2 2 . Carapace a little longer than the metatarsus of first leg ; 

 posterior median eyes further apart, being only a trifle nearer to one 

 another than to the laterals. 



Vulva a large, strongly convex, shiny plate, bearing a large, longi- 

 tudinal, median groove anteriorly, and a transverse, blackish, 

 CO -shaped band (in a groove) on each side posteriorly (PI. X., 

 fig. 2). 



Length of carapace and abdomen 14 mm. 



3. Auximus longipes, n. sp. 



Specimens. — (a) A number of 2 2 , $ $ , and young from the 

 Cape Peninsula (mostly found in the moister ravines on the slopes 

 of mountains). 



Differs from A. capensis and the 2 preceding species in having the 

 sternum very broad and scarcely at all narrowed in front, and in 

 other characters. 



Carapace pale ochraceous to reddish-yellow, finely blackened at 

 the edges, generally with a pair of infuscate marks on posterior part 

 of cephalic portion, and occasionally with faint lateral infuscate 

 marks on thoracic portion (often strongly marked in immature 



