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and represented by a short stripe before these eyes ; the inner 

 stripes narrow, free and converging posteriorly, united a little in 

 front of their middle by a thick transverse patch with the outer 

 stripes and again at their anterior ends ; the outer stripes not very 

 thick ; sides of the carapace with a black reticulation with large 

 meshes. Abdomen with transverse rows of spots above and at the 

 sides, the median line in front with 1-2 black marks. Femora of 

 legs with 2 distal black bands, the more proximal band less distinct 

 in the anterior pairs, which are also spotted at the sides ; patellae 

 blackened at apex (except above) ; tibiae with 3 black bands ; meta- 

 tarsi mostly darkened at apex. Sternum with 4 curved black marks 

 on each lateral margin. 



Horny plates on under side of abdomen very like those of S. trian- 

 gulifera, n. sp., but the ridges slightly further apart and slightly more 

 curved, thus ( ), rarely nearly straight. 



Length of trunk 6 mm. 



5. SCYTODES FLAGELLATA, n. sp. 



6 $ $ and 2 $ $ (No. 8322) from Houw Hoek, Caledon Div. 

 (W. F. P., August, 1900). 



Colour pale yellowish. Carapace with the mesial yellow stripe 

 strongly dilated (often lozenge-shaped) in the middle of the dorsal 

 surface, and strongly constricted (sometimes even interrupted) pos- 

 teriorly by the strongly approximated outer black bands ; the median 

 black stripe very narrow, reaching highest part of upper surface, and 

 sometimes obliterated in the middle, the outer black stripes very 

 broad, with jagged outer and concave inner margins, and containing 

 several small yellow dots ; lateral surface of carapace with .black 

 reticulation showing several tiers of yellow spaces. Sternum spotted, 

 with 4 transverse black marks on each side, or the sides broadly 

 blackened and each with a row of 3-4 yellow spots. Abdomen with 

 transverse bands of black and speckled all over. Femora of legs 

 numerously spotted and furnished with a distal black band, and 

 generally also a more mesial one and a basal one ; patellae black 

 distally ; tibiae with 3 dark rings, the mesial one fainter in the 

 anterior pairs. 



Horny plates on under side of abdomen with a pair of outcurved 

 ridges remote from each other, the hind ends of the ridges out- 

 turned and a little nearer together than the front ends * (PI. X., 

 tig. 14). 



* The distance between the ridges varies somewhat in different specimens, being 

 relatively closer together in less distended abdomens. The same applies to the 

 other species. 



