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rubbed off; ocular area much wider than long, the space between 

 the 2 posterior eyes slightly exceeding the length of an eye. 



Chelicera large, strongly diverging and nearly vertical, their 

 anterior basal angles prominent. 



Legs hairy or setose below, at least distally ; fourth trochanter as 

 long as the coxa ; two posterior pairs of tibiae and metatarsi with 1-2 

 slender apical spines. 



Coxce of pedipalps with the process long and slender. 



Vulva consisting of a pair of oval cavities, which converge pos- 

 teriorly and are bordered on the median and posterior sides by a 

 curved brown ridge; the median line grooved (PI. XL, fig. 39). 



Length of trunk 6*8 mm. 



(b) 1 ? from Clanwilliam (Mrs. W. N. C. Marchant) and 1 ? 

 from near Eondegat, near Clanwilliam (C. L. Leipoldt). Abdomen 

 sometimes entirely pale yellow. Anterior edge of carapace with 

 numerous fine long hairs. 



(c) 1 ? from Dunbrody, Uitenhage Div. (Bev. J. A. O'Neil). 



2. Prodidomus purpueascens, n. sp. 



1 $ (No. 3211) from the northern slopes of Devil's Peak (F. Tre- 

 leaven, November, 1897). 



Colour as in capensis, but the abdomen darker purple above and 

 the carapace darkened at the edges ; the hairs on under side of 

 abdomen fulvous. 



Carapace with fine short hairs ; the anterior margin with fine long 

 setae, the middle portion before the eyes convexly produced ; ocular 

 area only a little wider than long, the space between the 2 posterior 

 eyes slightly less than the length of the eyes. 



Chelicera of moderate size, directed downwards and forwards and 

 only moderately diverging, their outer margins only slightly further 

 apart distally than at base, their width together considerably less 

 than that of widest part of carapace. 



Legs hairy ; fourth trochanter as long as the coxa ; two posterior 

 pairs of tibiae and metatarsi with 1-2 fine apical spines, the fourth 

 tibia also with a mesial spine below. 



Coxce of pedipalps with the process stout and rather short. 



Vulva a transverse plate, brown on each side and pallid along the 

 middle, with a pair of dark spots at hind margin ; the surface with a 

 broad shallow depression bordered posteriorly by the raised hind 

 margin, which forms a transverse ridge in middle portion ; each end 

 of the ridge with a small cavity in front of it (PL XL, fig. 40), 



Length of trunk 4-8 mm. 



