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broader than in Caponia but the labium similar. Legs similar in 

 both sexes and resembling those of Caponia, except that the first 

 pair, especially their tibia and femur, are much stouter than the 

 second pair. 



Male with the patella of pedipalps longer than broad, its under 

 side at least as long as that of the tibia ; tibia constricted at base, 

 expanding funnel-shaped distally, its upper side longer than in 

 Caponia, being as long as its under side ; tarsus reniform, but 

 smaller than in Caponia; palpal organ quite different, the bulb 

 having a pair of short spinous processes instead of a very long one. 



DlPLOGLENA CAPENSIS, n. sp. 



Specimens. — (a) 3 $ $ , 4 $ ? , and 2 young (No. 11687, &c.) 

 from St. Helena Bay, Malmesbury Div. {J. E. C. Goold, $ $ in May 

 and June, 1902). 



<?(???. Colour. — Carapace orange-red or orange-yellow ; legs 

 yellow ; abdomen very pale yellowish ; sternum orange, with dark 

 marginal spots. 



Carapace as long as the tibia, metatarsus, and j— § of the tarsus of 

 first leg. 



Bulb of palpal organ bearing at its apex 2 short spinous processes, 

 of which one (usually situated posteriorly and curved inwards) is 

 thick and bears a thin rounded lobe under the truncated apex, while 

 the other (usually situated anteriorly and curved outwards) is 

 strongly flattened and runs from a conically inflated base (PI. XI., 

 fig. 36). 



Length $ 6 J, ? 7 \ mm. 



Also $ $ of apparently the same species from : — 



(b) Malmesbury (W. F. P., 1897). 



(c) Cape Peninsula (W. F. P., 1896). 



Family PEODIDOMID^. 



Gen. PEODIDOMUS, Hentz. 

 1. Prodidomus capensis, n. sp. 



Specimens. —-(a) 1 ? (No. 717) from Cape Town (W. F. P., 

 August, 1896). 



Colour rufescent, the legs paler and more yellowish than the cara- 

 pace ; the abdomen very pale yellowish, the upper surface tinged 

 with purple, especially posteriorly. 



Carapace with the front margin obtuse and evenly rounded ; hairs 



