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in pairs, the posterior row with its hind margin forming a slightly 

 recurved line, wider than the anterior row ; the lateral eyes oval, 

 subequal, longer than the rotund medians. 



Legs longish, not stout, the fourth femur not thickened, equalling 

 the first in thickness. The hairs mostly rather short and not dense. 

 Metatarsus I. a trifle longer than the tibia, with a double outer and 

 treble inner series of spines, the superior spines shorter ; II. spined 

 as in I. ; III. with 1 posterior row of spines and an anterior band 

 3 rows deep ; IV. with 1 inner and 3 outer rows, the middle outer 

 row composed of 3-4 spines, the others mostly of 1 spine each, the 

 transverse apical comb at inferior inner edge composed of a single 

 series of many long setae of equal length and very close together. 

 Tibia I. with broad inner and outer bands of stout spines, arranged 

 in 3-4 irregular rows in each band (16-17 in inner and 12-13 in 

 outer), the lowest spines not very long but longer than the others ; 

 the 2 inferior rows not very far apart ; II. with about half as many 

 spines in the bands, the spines 2-3 deep in each band ; III. with 

 1 anterior and 3 posterior rows ; IV. with 3-4 inferior outer, 1 in- 

 ferior inner, and 2 superior inner spines. Patella III. with 1 anterior 

 upper spine, the rest unspined. Femora with 2 (rarely 3) dorsal 

 spines and 1 distal inner spine, the latter absent only in the fourth 

 pair. 



Inner margin of chelicera with 3 teeth in the upper row and with 

 a single inferior apical tooth in addition, the latter very distinct and 

 as strong as the others. 



Length of abdomen and carapace 13^, of carapace 5§ mm. 



2. Aeiadna lightfooti, n. sp. 



1 $ (No. 12903) from Hermanuspetersfontein, Caledon Div. (B. M. 

 Lightfoot, February, 1902). 



Colour. — Carapace pale yellowish, with black hairs, lightly infus- 

 cated at the sides posteriorly, the margins finely blackened. Legs 

 pale yellowish, the femora, patellae, and tibiae more or less infuscated 

 on the sides, the infuscation darkest on the 2 anterior pairs, espe- 

 cially on the femora (which are longitudinally banded with yellow), 

 but very faint on the posterior pairs, the upper surface of the femora 

 and of the anterior tibiae also faintly infuscated along the middle 

 line. Chelicerae yellowish. Abdomen purplish-black, with narrow 

 yellow line on each side, the epigastric area, excepting the black 

 transverse patch in front of vulva, pallid. Sternum black. Labium 

 and coxae pale yellowish, narrowly blackened at the tips. 



Carapace only a little shorter than the tibia and metatarsus of first 



