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AxxALS OF THE Traxsvaal Museum. 



brown^ punctuations large^ not very numerous ; the dark spots limit, iix 

 front a surface in the shape of a curvehnear triangle, reddish yellow, which 

 resembles a shield of a female, bordered by a dark colour, except on the 

 transverse margin of the rostral emargination ; from the angles of this 

 eniargination start two short, narrow, interrupted, curved hues which limit 

 behind a small, irregular, clear area ; eyes yellow margiual, in the dark 

 coloured margin opposite coxae II ; eleven posterior festoons penultimate,, 

 and the ones next the median dark coloured, the other seven light coloured 

 on all, or nearly all, of their extent ; near the margin in front and on each 

 side two successive light coloured si)ots, which continue the series of the- 

 festoons ; the renuiinder of the shields show six light coloured spots, paired, 

 symmetrical ; two small posterior, two large ones in front of these, two 

 small ones, one on each side of the posterior extremities of the anterior 

 shield-like spot ; these spots are separated by brown lines as follows : — A 

 median and two successive transverse lines, the anterior concave behind,, 

 the posterior, straight.; the light; spo-ts are sometimes, of a more reddish 

 yellow, the light coloured anterior s])ot is sometimes divided into two by a 

 deep, transverse, irregular sinuous line, resulting from the extension and 

 the anastomosing of the two curved lines which mark off the areas of the- 

 anterior angles ; sometimes a brown spot fusiform and ]iiedian cuts this 

 transverse line ; the two small anterior light spots of the ])osterior half join 

 in front with the anterior shield-like spot, of which they seem to be'- 

 appendages ; and punctuations are deeper. Ventral surface l)rick red or 

 reddish brown ; sexual orifice opposite coxae II : sexual grooves very 

 close on account of the great size of the coxae, parallel at first, nearest 

 together opposite coxae lY, then sharply diverging and ending near the 

 anterior edge of the antepenultimate festoon ; anal disc l)rown, very pro- 

 longed backward ; stigmatic plates large, whitish. Rostrum 1.1 mm. long, 

 dorsal base wider than long, posterior margin concave ; mandibles [XFJ, p 

 (&)] 1.75 mm. long, digit with inner apophysis elongate transversely, with 

 two short points, outer apophysis with two teeth, one small, terminal, a little 

 sub-ventral, the other very strong ; hypostome long, a little spatulate, 

 denticles in front very small and numerous, behind them six longitudinal 

 rows of teeth of about eleven teeth to each row, followed by four rows of 

 squamiform teeth, the outer prolonged backward ; palpi a little longer than 

 the hypostome, wide on their dorsal surface, narrow on the ventral : 

 article I short, ring-like ; article II longer than wide, dorsal surface of the- 

 same colour as the shield and prolonged behind on the first article ; article 

 III shorter than article II, almost scpuire : both ])rovided with hair on their 

 margins and dorsal surface ; article IV small, embedded in a terminal 

 excavation of article III. Legs strong, reddish brown, lighter on their 

 dorsal surfaces ; coxae regularly increasing in size from first to fourth pair, 

 which last are very large, very close to the median line ; all coxae sprinkled 

 with whitish hairs ; coxae I divided into two strong teeth, the outer more 

 slender than the inner ; coxae II . and III with a strong tooth near the- 

 posterior external ano-le ; coxae lA^ with two teeth, the outer of which is 

 stronger ; articles IV, and especially VI, of legs with strono- teeth on 

 their loAver margins ; a light coloured s]:)ot on the dorsal side of the distal 

 end of article II of leg I, the other articles, except the tarsi, of all the legs 

 ringed with ferruginous red on their distal ends, and with tliin whitish 

 hairs ; tarsi relatively elongate, the false articulation very close to the- 

 distal end of tarsi I, near the middle in the others i a strong parallel spur,, 

 caruncle short, reaching scarcely tTie third of the length of the claws. 



