ANNALS 
MEDEDELINGEN 
OF THE 
VAN HET 
TRANSVAAL MUSEUM 
Vol. 6 
Part 3 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SOUTH AFRICAN 
ARANEAE AND SOLIFUGAE 
By John Hewitt 
With 4 plates and 13 text figures 
CONTENTS 
Ord. SOLIFUGAE. 
Blossia laticosla sp nov. 
Blossia laminicornis sp. nov. 
Ord. ARANEAE. 
Fam. Aviculariidae. 
Acanthodon monticoloides sp. nov. 
Acanthodon gracilipes sp. nov. 
Acanthodon hivsutus sp. nov. 
Acanthodon nigropilosus sp. nov. 
Acanthodon mossambicus sp. nov. 
Acanthodon hepburni sp. nov. 
Key to the S. African species of 
Acanthodon. 
Heligmomevus caffer Pure. 
Galeosoma mossambicum sp. nov. 
Galeosoma planiscutatum sp. nov. 
Galeosoma vandami circumjunctum 
var. nov. 
Galeosoma pluvipunctatum sp. nov. 
Galeosoma coronatum spheroideum 
var. nov. 
Galeosoma vobevtsi crinitum var. 
nov. 
Spiroctenus mar ley i sp. nov. 
Spiroctenus spinipalpis sp. nov. 
Spiroctenus londinensis sp. nov. 
Spiroctenus curvipes sp. nov. 
Pelmatorycter breyeri sp. nov. 
Peimat or voter tookei sp. nov. 
Stasimopus nigellus Poc. 
Stasimopus tysoni sp. nov. 
Euagrus caffer australis (Pure.). 
Idiothele gen. nov. 
Idiothele nigrofulvus (Poc.). 
Idiothele pluridentatum sp. nov. 
Pterinochilus breyeri sp. nov. 
Ceratogyrus brachycephalus sp . nov . 
Ceratogyrus dolichocephalus sp. 
nov. 
Fam. Zodariidae. 
Diores godfreyi sp. nov. 
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