Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
9 * 
Pelmatorycter breyeri sp. nov. (text fig. 9, PI. II, fig. c). 
The type of this species is an adult male collected at Klipspruit, Natal, by 
Mr J. W. F. Breyer. The species is closely related to my P. nudus ( Annals 
Transvaal Mus. v. p. 192), described from Little Wonderboom, but differs 
therefrom chiefly in the presence of distinct scopulae on all the metatarsi, 
whereas in nudus scopulae are quite absent from metatarsi III and IV. 
Pedipalp. Pressed forwards, the palp extends to a point about two-fifths 
of the distance along tibia I. Maxilla with a pair of denticles at the antero- 
basal angle interiorly. 
Chelicerae with nine teeth in the inner row. 
Legs. Tarsus I with a single spine near the apex on the posterior side, 
II with 3-5 spines on the posterior side, III with six or 
seven spines on the anterior side and three or four on the 
posterior side, IV with about six on the anterior side and 
two on the posterior side. Metatarsus I with three spines 
at the apex interiorly and two on the lower surface, II with 
three at the apex and four or five on the lower surface, IV 
with about eleven spines on the lower and anterior surfaces, 
besides those at the apex, and with two on the posterior 
surface. Tibia I interiorly with three spines at the apex, 
seven on the inferior surface, four on the anterior surface, 
one of which, the basal one, being very small, and one on 
the posterior surface near the base. Patella III with about 
twenty spines on the anterior surface but only two on the 
dorsal surface ; IV completely without spines. Tarsal clawsof 
fourth leg with five internal (mesial) teeth and three or two 
external teeth. Tarsus IV broadly and densely scopulate. 
The scopula of metatarsus III is only present in the 
apical fifth, but of IV in the distal two-fifths of the length 
of the segment. 
Posterior spinners. Apical segment about as long as the 
middle segment. 
Posterior sternal sigilla large, pear-shaped, hardly dia- 
meters apart and not quite half a diameter distant from 
the sternal margin. 
Carapace. The surface is corrugated throughout, except along the grooves 
and along the mesial portion anterior to the fovea. 
Colour. Chelicerae and carapace very dark brown, almost black : legs brown : 
abdomen with purplish infuscation superiorly. 
Total length 13-7, length of carapace 5, breadth of carapace 3-7. 
Female. 
A large and a small female of this species were also collected by Mr Breyer. 
The former has a total length of 22 mm., the carapace is 6*6 long, and 4*7 broad. 
Its more important characters are as follows : 
Coxa III with a distinct tuft of long stiff setae on its post- ventral border: 
posterior sternal sigilla rather less than their length apart, and about half a 
length distant from the sternal margin: maxillae with three well-developed 
Text fig. 9. Pei- 
mat orycter breyeri 
sp. nov. Portion 
of male palp. 
