7 Araneac. 2 oq 
Cephalothorax as long as the patella, tibia and metatarsus of first leg and as the tibia, metatarsus 
and tarsus of fourth leg. Width ofocular area distinctly less than the length of the metatarsus of first 
leg and about % of the length of the fourth metatarsus; anterior row of eyes only slightly'procurved along 
hind margin but more so along front margin (viewed from above), the lateral eyes strongly transverse, the 
medians nearer to the laterals than to one another; posterior row of eyes slightly recurved, the median eyes 
oval and rather large, a little larger than the laterals and distant about half a long diameter from the latter, 
distinctly further apart than the anterior lateral eyes; posterior lateral eyes oval, their distance apart scarcely 
exceeding the width of the anterior row of eyes; distance between the posterior and anterior lateral eyes a 
little less than the long diameter of the latter eyes. 
Pedipalps spined much as in S. erythrognathus Purc. (Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. III, p. 73, 1903), the 
tibia with 8 or 9 minute apical spinules above. 
Legs. Length of tibia of first leg equal to that of the metatarsus but considerably exceeding 
(by at least the length of a posterior lateral eye) the width of the ocular area ; inner surface of tibia with 
20 — 23 spines, the upper surface with a tiny patch of spinules at apex, the basal patch on the metatarsus 
long, extending over quite 2 / 3 of the length of the dorsal surface. Third leg with 22—24 spines in the 
band on anterior and posterior surfaces of the metatarsus, the patella with a few stout spines on anterior 
surface and a distal patch of short spinules (more than a dozen) on upper surface; metatarsus without 
apical tuft of setae below. Fourth leg with the patch of red spinules on the patella large, occupying 
over 3 / 4 of the length of the anterior surface ; the infero-posterior apical tuft on the metatarsus composed 
of 5 subequal spiniform setae regularly arranged in a transverse row. 
Labium with 8 teeth. 
Total length (including chelicera) 24 mm ; length of cephalothorax 8 4 / 5 mm, width 7% mm ; length 
of metatarsus of first leg 3 mm; width of ocular area 2% mm. 
Closely allied especially to S. quadratimaculatus Purc. (Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. III, p. 78, 1903), in which 
the length of the tibia of first leg exceeds the width of the posterior row of eyes by usually not more than 
half the length (rarely by as much as the whole length) of a posterior lateral eye. In quadratimaculatus, 
moreover, the posterior median eyes are always much smaller than the posterior laterals. In the other 
closely allied species, S. brevipalpis, bimaculatus and erythrognathus Purc. (Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. III, p. 73 — 80, 
1903), the length of the tibia of the first leg is less than or at most equal to the width of the ocular area. 
Genus PeVmatorycter Poe. 
1. Pelmatoryctei' namaquensis n. sp. 
2 SS from Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand, August 1904. (One speeimen with the cephalothorax 
smashed.) 
Colour. Cephalothorax reddish - yellow, the region of the fovea and the lateral grooves of the 
cephalic portion darker ; chelicera red ; legs and pedipalps reddish-ochraeeous above, pale-ochraceous below ; 
sternum and abdomen pale-ochraceous, the latter broadly blackened on dorsal surface. 
Cephalothorax as long as the tibia and about 2 / 5 of the metatarsus or the metatarsus and half 
the tarsus of first leg and as the metatarsus and 2 / 5 of the tarsus of fourth leg ; posterior part with a group 
of spines above and between the coxae of fourth pair of legs. Eyes very much as in P. pallidipes Purc. 
(Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc, Vol. XV, p. 120, 1904), except that the posterior row is scarcely wider than the 
anterior row, and the posterior lateral eyes are broader and more rounded oval and about twice as long as 
the posterior median eyes. 
