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Aawals of the Traxsv iAL Museum. 



Males. 



A. Eyes orbited. 



B. Shield with jninctuations so close as to produce a shagreened 

 effect ; shield deep brown in colour, body and legs saffron 

 yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . evertsi. 



BB. Shield with punctuations distinct ; legs and body not saft'ron 

 coloured . . . . . . . . . . . . ocuJatus. 



AA. Eyes flat. 



B. Shield with punctuations numerous. 

 Punctuations unequal in size. 

 D. Punctuations all very apparent ; caudal prolongation 

 absent or short. 



E. Anal plates with posterior edge straight or 

 convex . . . . . . . . sanguineus. 



EE. Anal plates with posterior edge concave. 



F. Anal phites with a single inner prolonga- 

 tion . . . . . . . . duttoni. 



FF. Anal plates with two posterior prolonga- 

 tions . . . . . . . . lunulatus. 



DD. Punctuations mostly ^ ery fine ; liirge ones in 

 anterior and marginal areas. 



E. Anal plates triangular, pointed at both ends ; 

 caudal tail twice as long as wide 



appendiculatus. 



EE. Anal plates semi-lunate in outline . . nitens. 

 CC. Punctuations equal or almost equal. 



D. Punctuations distant but numerous, fine, covering 

 all the shield . . . . . . . . . . lursa. 



DD. Punctuations contiguous in places, making the 

 shield shagreened . . . . . . . . capensis. 



BB. Punctuations on shield not very numerous, but large ; 

 usually arranged in fairly regular longitudinal lines ; fine 

 punctuations may Ijc present, but usually invisible . . s'mus. 



Females. 



A. Eyes orbited. 



B. Shield short, oval ; ])unctuations coalescing so as to make 

 surface shagreened ; legs saffron yellow in colour . . evertsi. 



BB. Shield elongate, oval ; punctuations numerous, but not 

 coalescing ; legs not saffron coloured. . . . . oculatiis. 

 AA. Eyes flat. 



B. Shield oval, longer than wide, punctuations on shield unequal, 

 numerous . . . . . . . . . . . . sanguineus. 



BB. Shield short, oval, or as wide as long. 



G. Shield shagreened except on the margin . . capensis. 

 CC. Shield with punctuations distinct. 



D. Punctuations equal or nearly so, thick and close, but 

 not coalescing . . . . . . . . hursa. 



DD. Punctuations unequal in size. 



