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stripe are a couple of short black stripes on each side. Abdomen 

 spotted on anterior half and below, encircled in the middle 

 by a transverse band (open below), behind which are a pair of 

 dorsal dots and of lateral stripes, the posterior surface with a pair 

 of vertical stripes ; genital operculum blackened on each side. 

 Sternum infuscated, with a row of 3 yellow spots on each side, an 

 anterior and posterior yellow area and a median yellow stripe. 

 Femora of legs faintly infuscated, not banded with black, the tips 

 pale yellow ; patellae deeply infuscated ; tibiae like the femora but 

 deeply infuscated at the tips ; metatarsi and tarsi pale yellow. 



Under side of abdomen with a pair of fine, not very distinct, brown 

 ridges (visible when viewed from behind), which commence behind 

 the lateral angles of the genital opening, strongly converge pos- 

 teriorly, and are inturned at the hind ends and form the outer and 

 posterior borders of a pair of oval light brownish areas (PI. X., 



% ii). 



Length of trunk (carapace and abdomen) 4J mm. 



(b) 1 2 from the southern slopes of Table Mountain (W. F. P., 

 September, 1901), with much more black on the abdomen and on the 

 sides of the carapace ; the black stripe on each side of the median 

 one united with the outer band by a transverse black bar at the 

 anterior end of the ( )- shaped portion. 



(c) 1 2 from Houw Hoek, Caledon Div. (W. F. P.), with the 

 tibia of fourth leg marked with 3 distinct black bands ; the black 

 stripe on each side of the median one on the carapace fused in its 

 middle portion for a considerable distance with the outer band. 



2. SCYTODES LYCOSELLA, n. sp. 



1 ? (No. 8373) from Eietvlei, Umvoti District, Natal (Harold A. 

 Fry, 1899). 



Colour pale yellow. Carapace with only 3 black stripes above ; 

 the median one abbreviated behind, reaching only to the middle of 

 the carapace ; the outer stripes very broad, nearly meeting pos- 

 teriorly, each containing an oval yellow spot just before the middle 

 of the carapace ; the median yellow area just behind the median 

 black stripe broad and spindle-shaped ; sides of the carapace with 

 black reticulation and several tiers of yellow areas. Sternum with 

 4 ~| -shaped marginal black marks on each side and 2 rows of dots in 

 middle. Abdomen with numerous black markings. Legs very 

 strongly banded, the femora with 3 strong black bands, the anterior 

 pair also spotted with black near apex ; patellae black, paler above ; 

 tibiae banded with black at base and apex and in the 2 posterior pairs 



