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following respects : fourth caudal segment of the male slightly more than 
three times as long as broad, in the female about twice as long as broad ; 
inferomedian crests of first caudal segment granular in the female, very 
weak and punctured but not granular in the male : segment 5 practically 
smooth above but with a few weak granules laterally at about the middle 
of the segment in the female, similar but with still weaker granulation 
in the male, the sides also being for the most part quite smooth, a few 
granules occurring near the superior edge. Tibia of pedipalps in the male 
smooth on the upper surface except along the anterior edge which is 
granular, in the female with a few small scattered granules on that surface, 
the anterior edge also granular. Hand quite smooth in both sexes. 
Pectines with 24 teeth in female, and 27 in male, the basal tooth in the 
female very broad almost oval. Colour yellow, in the female with no 
pronounced infuscation except on the lower surface of the .5th caudal 
segment and especially on the granular keels of the 5th, 4th and 3rd 
segments : in the male the cephalothorax is infuscated near the lateral 
margins, on the anterior margin, and over the ocular tubercle ; the 
tergites are infuscated over their anterior halves but not on the keels ; 
the legs are blackened along their lower edges and on the posterior side 
over the upper part of the surfaces : the 5th caudal segment is infuscated 
especially interiorly : the chelicerae have a dark reticulation. 
Measurements : total length 38 mm. (<J), 37 mm. ($) : length of 
cephalothorax 3' 8 (<J),' 3*8 ($) : length of tail 26 (<J), 22 *7 (§) : length 
of fourth caudal segment 5 (<J)-, 4 ($), width of same 1 • 6 (^), 2 ($). 
Types : 5 specimens T. M. Cat. Scorp. Nos. 1031-1033, 1036, 1037 
in the Transvaal Museum. They were taken amongst rocks in the river 
bed at Narudas Slid, at Quibis, and at Nakeis (Klein Karas). 
KARASBERGIA, gen. nov. 
This genus is closely related to Uroplectes , Ptrs. as defined by 
Kraepelin in “Das Tierreich,” being distinguished therefrom through 
the granulation of the fingers and of the inferior surface of the first 
three caudal segments. 
No teeth on the inferior surface of the immovable finger of the 
chelicera : tarsal spurs present on the proximal tarsal joint of both third 
and fourth legs : abdominal terga with median keel : cephalothorax 
without keels : sternum 5-sided, only slightly longer than broad : the 
granules on the movable finger of the pedipalp comprise 8 or 9 main 
rows and 8 or 9 anterior large flanking granules, the single more or 
less enlarged proximal granule in each main row without any flanking 
granules externally : genital operculum almost as long as thn sternum : 
the whole inferior surface of first, second and third caudal segments 
with numerous coarse irregularly arranged granules, the granular area 
being bounded laterally by a well-defined row of enlarged granules 
which along the posterior edge of the segment are continued into a more 
or less continuous granular ridge. 
K. methueni , sp. nov (pi. XY, fig. 2). 
Types. Three specimens (T. M. Cat. Scorp. Nos. 1038, 1039, 1041, in 
the collection of the Transvaal Museum) taken at Narudas Slid and at 
Quibis. They are all $ apparently, the genital operculum having no stylets. 
Colour uniformly yellowish and without any ornamentation : the 
aculeus black. 
Cephalothorax granular throughout. 
