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Synopsis of the species of Caponia ( $ $ ) described above * : — 



a. Process of pedipalp bifid at apex, the branches entire. 



a 1 . Inturned distal part of process strongly recurved in the direction of the 

 clavate middle part (figs. 29-30). Carapace shorter than the tibia, meta- 

 tarsus, and tarsus of first leg. 



a 2 . Inner spine at distal end of the clavate middle part of process simply 

 recurved; basal part of process longish, obtuse at the bend (fig. 29). 



Hanover 1. C. spiralifera , n. sp. 



b 2 . Inner spine of middle part of process sigmoid ; basal part of process 

 short, more angular at the bend (fig. 30). Matjesfontein. 



2. G. karrooica, n. sp. 

 b l . Inturned distal part of process not recurved in the direction of the clavate 

 middle part (as in figs. 31-34). 

 « 3 . Apical fork of process small (figs. 31 and 32). 



a 4 . Branches of fork more or less subsimilar ; basal bend of process 

 obtuse and rounded (fig. 31). Carapace at least as long as the tibia, 

 metatarsus, and tarsus of first leg. Worcester, Swellendam, and 



Knysna Divs 3. C. forficifera, n. sp. 



b 4 . Inferior branch of fork much slenderer than the main one ; basal 

 bend of process angular (fig. 32). Carapace shorter than the tibia, 

 metatarsus, and tarsus of first leg. Willowmore. 



4. C. braunsi, n. sp. 

 b 3 . Apical fork of process larger (figs. 33 and 34). Carapace at least as long- 

 as the tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus of first leg. 



a s . Branches of fork compressed, nearly equally wide, not converging ; 

 basal bend of process strongly angular (fig. 33). Cape and Malmes- 



bury Divs 5. C. capensis, n. sp. 



65. Inferior branch of fork subulate and much slenderer than the lami- 

 nate main branch, which converges towards it; basal bend of process 

 less angular at the bend (fig. 34). Willowmore and Uitenhage Divs. 



6. G. Iiastifera, n. sp. 



b. Process of pedipalp bifid at apex, the inferior branch being also bifid ; basal part 

 of process strongly produced outwards at the bend (fig. 35). Worcester. 



7. G. simoni, n. sp. 



Gen. MPLOGLENA, n. gen. 



Closely allied to Caponia but with the carapace (PL XI., fig. 37) 

 much more broadly obtuse in front and with only 2 eyes (corre- 

 sponding to the median pair and about half a diameter apart) ; the 

 clypeus many times as long as an eye's diameter and strongly con- 

 vex, being vertical in front but nearly horizontal behind. Sternum 

 with a short marginal process on each side between the coxae of the 

 first leg and pedipalp (PI. XL, fig. 38). Coxae of pedipalps much 



* G. secunda, Pocock (Ann. Mag. N. H., ser. 7, vol. vi., p. 321, 1900), from 

 Grahamstown, and C. natalensis (0. P. Cambridge) (Ibid., ser. 4, vol. xiv., p. 170, 

 1874), from Natal are the only other species described. The ? ? appear indistin- 

 guishable from one another, and G. secunda may be identical with any of the 

 species described here. The species figured by E. Simon (Hist. nat. Araign., 2 ed., 

 p. 326, fig. 293) is not identical with natalensis. 



