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3 on posterior surface, IV. with 3 inferior spines ; femora I. -III. 

 with a couple of dorsal and generally 1-2 outer distal spines, I. 

 also with 3, II.-III. with 1-2, and IV. with 1 inner distal spine. 



Inferior tooth of chelicera indistinguishable. 



Length lOf, of carapace 4 \ mm. 



9. Ariadna umtalica, n. sp. 



Specimens. — (a) 1 2 (No. 12546) from Baviaanskop, 3 miles east 

 of Uintah, Mashonaland (D. L. Patrick, June, 1902). 



Colour. — Carapace dark brown, the ocular area black ; chelicera 

 reddish-black ; abdomen pallid, suffused with purplish ; legs infus- 

 cated as in dark specimens of bilineata, the 4 distal segments of the 

 2 posterior pairs, however, reddish-ochraceous above ; the anterior 

 tibia and metatarsus blackish-red ; sternum and labium brown, the 

 latter paler at apex. 



Carapace as long as the tibia and J of the metatarsus of first leg, 

 much narrower in front, its width behind the ocular area about § of 

 the length of first tibia. Ocular area as in bilineata. 



Legs. — Anterior legs, especially on the tibiae, rather thickly clothed 

 with longish, curved, black hairs, the first tibia stout, its width at 

 least equal to the space between the posterior lateral eyes. Legs 

 otherwise much as in bilineata, except : Metatarsus II. with an 

 inner basal spine above the inferior row, III. with 2 anterior rows of 

 2-3 spines and a postero-inferior row of 4-6 spines, IV. with 5 stout 

 spines (including an apical pair), the comb with about 8 setae ; tibia 

 I. with 4 outer spines above the inferior row, III. with an anterior 

 upper row of 2 and a posterior lower row of 3 spines, IV. with 0-1 

 inferior spines ; patella I. with a short external spine ; femur IV. 

 with 1 inner distal and some dorsal spines. 



Chelicera with minute distal tooth on lower margin. 



Length 12, of carapace 5 mm. 



(b) 1 2 from Kuruman, Bechuan aland (G. E. Beare). Length 

 15 J mm. Larger than the type specimen, with darker abdomen and 

 carapace, the latter as long as the tibia and § of the metatarsus of 

 first leg ; otherwise apparently not differing from the type. 



10. Ariadna scabripes, n. sp. 



Specimens. — 6 specimens, including several apparently adult 2 2 

 (Nos. 9470, &c), from Hanover (S. C. Cronioright Schreiner). 



2 2 . Colour. — Carapace ochraceous, its lateral margins not 

 blackened, the cephalic portion paler behind, brown at the sides 



