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metatarsus with stout basal as well as apical spine below ; tibia I. 

 with 5-6 spines in each inferior row, besides 3-4 inner and 5-6 outer 

 more superior spines, the latter in 2 rows, II. with 3 inner and 4-5 

 outer spines above the inferior row of 6-7 spines ; patella I. with 

 short internal spine ; femur IV. with dorsal spines and sometimes 

 also a distal internal spine. 



Ghelicera with the inferior tooth very minute, scarcely distinguish- 

 able. 



$ . Eesembling the £ $ , but with the legs much longer, paler in 

 colour and differently spined. 



Carapace as long as the first metatarsus. 



Legs. — Metatarsus I. sinuous, curving upwards at base and down- 

 wards at apex, as long as the tibia and a little more than \ the 

 patella, spines 3 on each side below and 1 on inner surface near 

 base ; II. with 3 spines on each side below and 1-3 more superior 

 ones on each side ; III. with 2 posterior and 2 anterior rows of 2-3 

 spines each ; IV. with 1 distal and 1 stout basal spine below and an 

 apical comb of setae. Tibia I. with 6-7 spines in outer but only 

 2 in inner inferior row, besides 8-10 outer and 6 inner more superior 

 spines ; II. as in I., but with 3 spines in the inner inferior row ; III. 

 with several rows of spines ; IV. with 1 inner (apical) and 2 outer 

 (mesial and basal) spines below. Patella I.-III. with 2 (sometimes 

 1) inner and 1-2 outer spines ; IV. unspined. Femora with the 

 spines more numerous, but otherwise as in the $ . 



Pedipalps with the tibia incrassated. Palpal organ, seen from 

 outer side, as in PI. XL, fig. 27, the spine being curved in the middle 

 and strong, except the short distal portion, which is bent almost at 

 right angles and very slender and filiform. 



Length $ 10, $ 7-J mm. 



(b) 1 $ from Port Elizabeth (/. L. Drege, 1903), with black hairs 

 on the anterior legs and the posterior row of eyes not procurved. 



7. Ariadna capensis, n. sp. 



1 2 (No. 5830) from Wynberg Hill {F. Treleaven, February, 1899). 



Colour brownish-red, the head darker, especially anteriorly. Legs 

 rufescent, the anterior ones redder, the first pair brownish-red, 

 darkest on the tibia and metatarsus ; anterior femora infuscated 

 along middle below and on distal part of inner surface. Chelicera 

 reddish-black. Abdomen purplish-black, with narrow yellow line on 

 each side. Sternum reddish -brown. Labium dark brown, paler at 

 apex. Coxse reddish-yellow, scarcely at all infuscated. 



Carapace a little shorter than the tibia and metatarsus of first leg ; 



