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with 3 black stripes above, the median stripe narrow but well 

 developed, of equal width throughout behind the eyes and bordered 

 on each side by a still narrower, straight, yellow line ; the extremely 

 broad, outer black bands with 2 pairs of yellow spots (one pair 

 behind the lateral eyes and the other at the middle of the carapace). 

 Sides of carapace as in S. testudo. Sternum black, with a median 

 yellow patch and a row of yellow spots on each side in the $ , but 

 more like that of S. testudo in the $ . Legs heavily banded with 

 black and yellow, the femora with 3 black and 3 yellow bands but 

 not spotted at the base, which is black, the apex being yellow ; 

 patellar black ; tibise with 3 black bands ; metatarsi with 3, mostly 

 faint, infuscated rings ; tarsi pale yellow. Abdomen thickly covered 

 with black markings. 



Horny plates on under side of abdomen triangular, their inner 

 angles provided with a pair of angular >< -shaped ridges (PL X., 

 fig. 18). 



Palpal organ of $ very like that of S. testudo, but the distal 

 laminate lobe very thin and transparent, only seen with difficulty. 

 Length of whole palpal organ a little exceeding that of- the tarsus. 



Length of trunk in $ 5 mm. 



(b) 1 cT from the mountain-side at St. James, Cape Peninsula 

 (W. F. P.). 



9. SCYTODES SUBULATA, n. sp. 



3 2 2 and 2 $ $ (No. 12838, &c.) from Stompneus, St. Helena 

 Bay, Malmesbury Div. (J. E. C. Goold). 



Allied to S. testudo, n. sp. 



Colour pale yellowish, the markings closely resembling those of 

 S. leipoldti, n. sp., except that on the carapace the posterior half of 

 each inner stripe is separated off from the anterior half (which often 

 ends free) just behind the transverse bridge which joins the outer 

 and inner stripes, while the femora of the legs are not spotted but 

 provided with a very distinct basal, mesial, and distal black band. 

 The inner stripes on the carapace are situated close to the outer 

 stripes. 



Horny plates on under side of abdomen resembling those of S, 

 testudo, but with the ridges often somewhat more angularly bent. 



Palpal organ of $ resembling that of S. flagellata, n. sp., but the 

 slender distal portion shorter, equalling the subcylindrical proximal 

 portion in length, the length of the whole process subequal to the 

 length of the tarsus ; the anterior keel at base of distal portion very 

 slender and transparent, scarcely visible. 



Length of trunk in ? 5f mm. 



