. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa. 587 Dimensions.—Length of carapace 4-8, total length 11 mm. <$ Colour in general yellow; mandibles dark reddish brown, con- trasting strongly with the carapace; abdomen above with minute scattered black dots; legs yellow, anterior metatarsi distinctly darker than remaining segments. Eyes as in ?, the anterior medians a little less than their diameter apart, and less than their radius from the posterior medians; posterior medians less than half the diam
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa. 587 Dimensions.—Length of carapace 4-8, total length 11 mm. <$ Colour in general yellow; mandibles dark reddish brown, con- trasting strongly with the carapace; abdomen above with minute scattered black dots; legs yellow, anterior metatarsi distinctly darker than remaining segments. Eyes as in ?, the anterior medians a little less than their diameter apart, and less than their radius from the posterior medians; posterior medians less than half the diameter of the posterior laterals. Chelicerae.—Inferior margin with 2 equal-sized teeth, 2-2J times their basal width from each other. Legs.—Anterior tibiae with 5 pairs of inferior spines, 2 lateral spines on each side, and 3 superior spines; anterior metatarsi with 3 inferior pairs of spines, and 2 lateral spines on each side. Pedipalp.—Femur above with 1 inner, 1-2 superior, and 1 outer spine in apical half; patella with 3-4 long setae; tibia with 4 long spines, 1 outer and 3 inner; tibia longer than patella but distinctly shorter than tarsus, with the external process as in fig. 26, c, seen from in front, and fig. 26, b, seen from outer side. Dimensions.—Length of carapace 4-8 mm., total length 9-2 mm. Selenops pococki n. sp. (fig. 27). Type, 1 <J, Lydenfeurg, Transvaal (, 2372). Colour.—Carapace dark brown with numerous darker spots and radiations, ocular area black; mandibles a little darker than carapace; abdomen yellow with blackish-brown symme- trical markings; legs with weak, ill-defined, and confused markings, those of the femora strongest, those of the posterior legs almost obsolete. a b Eyes.—Median eyes not Fig. 27.—Selenops pococki n. sp. Tibia of pedi- t j t palp, c?. a, from in front, and b, from outer side, strongly recurved, a line * ^'u touching the upper surfaces of the anteriors passing a little below the centres of the posterior median
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