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on each lateral margin, and 6 dots in 2 rows down the middle. 

 Femora of legs yellow, with 2 black rings in distal part, the proximal 

 part with numerous blacks dots in rows ; patellae black distally, 

 yellow at base; tibiae yellow, with 3 well-marked black rings; 

 metatarsi and tarsi yellow, the former often darkened at apex. 



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

 curved ) (-shaped brown ridges, closer together than in S. flagellata, 

 the anterior ends of the ridges diverging further apart than the 

 posterior ends (PL X., fig. 16). 



$ . Palpal organ about as long as the tarsus, the proximal portion 

 of the process cylindrical, the slender distal portion very short and 

 bearing at its base a small rounded laminate lobe, the length of the 

 whole process less than that of the tarsus (PL X., fig. 17). 



(b) Many other 2 2 and $ $ from all parts of the Cape Penin- 

 sula. Some specimens have much more black than the types, the 

 sternum being then thickly spotted and the abdomen almost entirely 

 infuscated. Femora sometimes with a black band in front or behind 

 at base. Length of 2 up to 6 \ mm. 



(c) 1 $ and 2 2 2 from Stellenbosch (L. Peringuey). 



(d) 1 $ and 1 2 from Lourensford, Hottentots Holland, Stellen- 

 bosch Div. (H. Hermann). 



(e) 3 $ $ and 1 2 from Brandvlei, Worcester Div. (W. F. P.). 



(f) 1 2 from Eabiesberg, near Nuy Station, Worcester Div. 

 (W. F. P.). 



(g) 1 2 from Houw Hoek, Caledon Div. (W. F. P.). 

 (h) 1 2 from Caledon (Mrs. W. F. Pur cell). 



(i) 1 $ and several 2 2 from French Hoek (W. F. P.), with the 

 femora strongly banded at the base. 



Karroo variety. — In the following specimens the more proximal of 

 the 2 distal black bands of the femur is absent in the first pair of 

 legs and frequently also in the other pairs : — 



(j) 3 $ $ and 9 2 2 from Kogmans Kloof (captured by my wife 

 and myself). 



(k) 2 $ $ and 7 2 2 from Avontuur and Stormsvlei, Swellendam 

 Div. (W. F. P.), w T ith the femora sometimes almost entirely blackened 

 in the proximal two-thirds. 



(1) 1 2 from Eiver Zonder Einde, Caledon Div. (W. F. P.). 



8. SCYTODES GOOLDI, n. sp. 



Specimens.— (a) 1 2 (No. 12839) and 1 <? (No. 11675) from 

 Stompneus, St. Helena Bay, Malmesbury Div. (J. E. C. Goold). 

 Allied to S. teshtdo, n. sp., but more heavily blackened. Carapace 



