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denticles at the anterobasal angle interiorly: chelicerae with eight or nine 
teeth in the inner row, several being minute : posterior spinners with the apical 
segment subequal to or very slightly longer than the middle segment : abdomen ; 
elongated but not greatly so : claws of fourth tarsus with two or three teeth on 
each side. 
The carapace is dark olivaceous, the chelicerae blackish brown, the patellae 
and more distal segments of the legs pale, abdomen with purplish infuscation 
above except for a small four-sided spot situated mesially at a point about 
one-fourth of its length distant from the anterior end of the abdomen. 
In another specimen, also from Klipspruit, the distance between the 
sigilla is a trifle less than the distance between a sigillum and the sternal margin, 
the two sigilla being barely half a diameter apart. 
Pelmatorycter tookei sp. nov. 
This species is founded on five adult male examples taken at Peddie by 
Mr B. Marais. It is named after Mr W. M. B. Tooke, B.A., who, not long ago, 
arranged and identified the tick collection of the Albany Museum and rendered 
assistance to that institution in various other ways. 
It is related to P. nudus mihi and P. breijeri sp. nov. It is easily distin- 
guished from the latter through the weaker development of scopulae on the 
metatarsi, and through the stronger spinulation of metatarsus I: it differs 
from nudus in that the fourth tarsus is densely and broadly scopulate whereas 
there is no true scopula on tarsus IV of nudus. 
Pedipalp. Pressed forwards, the palp extends to a point about half way 
along tibia I, or less. Maxilla without denticles at the anterobasal angle 
inferiorly. No spine at the apex of the femur anteriorly. 
Chelicerae with seven or eight teeth in the inner row. 
Legs. Tarsus I with 2— n short spines inferiorly and one weaker one on the 
posterior side near to the apex, II without spines inferiorly and with one, two, 
or none on the posterior side, III with 2—6 spines on the anterior side and 0-4 
on the posterior side, IV with 4-8 anteriorly and 5-12 posteriorly. Metatarsus I 
with three fairly long spines at the apex inferiorly and on the lower surface 
there is a more or less distinct double row of spines comprising altogether 8—17, 
the spines of the inner (anterior) row being shorter and weaker but generally 
more numerous than those of the outer row: II with three at the apex and 4-7 
on the lower surface, also usually one on the anterior surface. Patella III with 
two strong spines on the upper surface and one or two weaker ones may also 
be present: there is also the usual group of spines on the anterior surface. 
Tarsus IV rather swollen and broadly scopulate inferiorly, and all the other 
tarsi are scopulate. Metatarsi III and IV only feebly scopulate quite near to 
the apex: I and II weakly scopulate in the apical third. Tarsal claws of fourth 
leg with two well-developed rows of teeth, each comprising about 5—7 teeth. 
Posterior sternal sigilla. About i|— 2 diameters apart and about half a 
diameter distant from the sternal margin. 
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Carapace. Viewed under a hand lens the surface seems uniformly smooth 
throughout, but not polished. Examined under a low power of a compound 
microscope it is seen to be minutely and densely shagreened over many 
isolated portions of its surface, a narrow longitudinal strip of such shagreen 
occurring on each side of the mesial line of the head region behind the eyes. 
