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white hand crosses the clypeus, just above the faloes, and wid¬ 
ening as it goes backward, extends around the lower margin. 
A second white band passes along the upper sides of the ceph¬ 
alic part, just below the eyes, and crosses the upper surface be¬ 
hind the dorsal eyes. On the cephalic plate is a white region 
which is wide over the first row of eyes, and narrows to a point, 
between the dorsal eyes. On the front faces of the falces are 
two or three fine lines of white hairs. The abdomen is of a 
dark reddish-brown color with three curved transverse white 
bands across the dorsum. Behind the second band is a central 
white spot, and a central longitudinal white line connects the 
third band with the spinnerets. The sides are streaked with 
yellowish-white hairs, which are also found on the venter and 
sternum. The palpus has the femur, patella and tibia covered 
with white hairs, while the tarsus is dark. The legs of the 
first pair, which are much stouter than the others, have the fe¬ 
mur, patella and most of the tibia light yellowish-brown, while 
the extreme end of the tibia, the metatarsus and the tarsus are 
darker colored. There is a light fringe of white hairs running 
along the under face of the femur and the inner face of the 
patella and part of the tibia, black hairs being intermixed on 
these latter joints, and there is a short fringe of light and dark 
hairs on the upper edges of the patella and tibia. The other 
legs are dark brown with sparse short white hairs. 
In the female the ground color is darker, the cephalic region 
has the sides entirely covered with white hairs, and the shape 
of the white region on the cephalic plate, is reversed, since it 
begins in a point between the anterior middle eyes and has its 
broad end in front of the dorsal eyes. The sides of the abdo¬ 
men are white. In other respects it resembles the male. 
We have one male and one female from Algoa Bay, South 
Africa, sent to us by Dr. Brauns. 
Habrocestum. 
We have four new species of Habrocestum from South Af- 
rica 2 dotatum from Mashonaland, luculentum from Cape Col¬ 
ony, Laurae and Annae from Durban. They all have the 
mouth-parts small, and the labium as wide as long; and in all, 
the quadrangle of the eyes is a little wider in front than behind. 
