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swollen dorsally, the width of the femur between dorsal and ventral 

 edges about ^ its dorsal length and almost twice the width of the 

 first femur. 



Segestriella gryllotalpa, d. sp. 



1 2 (No. 11698) from Stompneus, St. Helena Bay, Malmesbury 

 Div. (J. E. C. Goold, 1902). 



Colour. — Carapace brownish red, yellowish at the sides posteriorly 

 and at hind margin, with some radiating infuscate marks, the head 

 dark reddish-brown to nearly black. Chelicera black. Abdomen 

 pale yellowish, with the following purplish-black markings : A band 

 crossing anterior end above the pedicle and extending backwards 

 down each side to middle of abdomen ; a median, moniliform, dorsal 

 band, narrow in front but broad behind, extending along whole 

 length ; a pair of large ventral marks in front of the spinners, each 

 sending a faint stripe anteriorly to the posterior spiracles, which are 

 joined by a transverse band. Legs pale ochraceous, the second pair 

 infuscated on dorsal surface of femur, apex of tibia, basal half and 

 apex of metatarsus and distal half of tarsus ; the first pair darker, 

 with brown tibia, infuscated as in the second pair. Coxae pale 

 yellowish. Sternum yellow, partly blackened. Labium dark brown 

 at base, paler distally. 



Carapace as long as the tibia, metatarsus and J of the tarsus of 

 first leg, with sinuous lateral margins, narrowed in front and slightly 

 constricted behind the narrowed part, of which the width is dis- 

 tinctly less than the length of the first tibia. Ocular area with 

 slightly recurved hind margin, the width of the 2 median eyes 

 slightly exceeding their distance from the posterior lateral eyes. 



Legs with black hairs, the first tibia stout, its width equal to the 

 space between the posterior lateral eyes. Metatarsus I. as long as 

 the tibia ; I. and II. with 7-9 spines in each inferior row ; III. with 

 1 inner superior spine and 1 inner and 3 outer inferior spines ; IV. 

 with 1 apical spine below and 3-4 setae in the comb. Tibice I. -II. 

 with 5-8 spines in each inferior row ; I. also with 3 outer and 4 

 inner, and II. with outer and 3 inner more superior spines ; III. 

 with 2 outer inferior spines ; IV. unspined. Patella unspined. 

 Femur I. with 2-3, II. with 2, and III. with 0-1 dorsal spines ; 

 I.— III. also with 1 internal distal spine ; IV. unspined. 



Chelicera with 3 small superior teeth and 1 minute apical inferior 

 denticle. 



Length 10J, of carapace 3f , of abdomen 6 mm. ; width of carapace 

 2, of abdomen 2J mm. 



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