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back of tb© dorsal eyes, and the sides are covered with yellow¬ 
ish-white hairs. Around the front eyes are rings of red hairs, 
and the clypeus has a tuft of white hairs in the middle. The 
abdomen is dark on the sides and has a pale band down the 
middle, the whole being covered with yellow hairs. In a rub¬ 
bed specimen there is a double row of dark dots down the mid¬ 
dle band, and the base and sides have streaks of black which 
curve up over the posterior part to form chevrons, on the dor¬ 
sum. The legs are pale with dark rings. In one specimen the 
first pair has a black streak along the inner faces, of the meta¬ 
tarsus, tibia, and distal end of the patella. The palpus is light 
colored with yellow hairs. 
We have two males from Gnzaland, Mashonaland, sent by 
Mr. Marshall. 
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Pochyta solers sp. nov. 
Plate XXII, figs. 1-lb. 
$. Length 4 mm. Legs 1432, first pair slightly stoutest. 
This is a dark species the legs being black with pale marks. 
The anterior eyes form a straight row, the middle being twice 
as large as the lateral. The sternum is narrow behind and 
broad in front where it is widely truncated. The front coxae 
are separated by more than the width of the labium. The tibia 
of the first leg has three pairs, and the tibia, of the second two 
pairs of spines besides laterals. The metatarsus of the. first 
and second have two pairs and laterals. 
Our single specimen is somewhat, rubbed, especially on the 
cephalothorax, which appears black, with a white band around 
the margin and reddish hairs about the eyes. The retreating 
clypeus has some white hairs. The abdomlen is slender and 
pointed, the color being dark with a covering of dull golden 
metallic scales. At the middle point of the back is a trans¬ 
versely elongated white spot. The lower sides are whitish. 
The venter and sternum are black. The falces are brown in 
color and are oblique and divergent, with a curved fang. The 
palpus is dark with snow-white hairs on the upper side of the 
patella. In the first and second legs the coxa, and trochanter 
