. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Harvest-spiders {Opiliones) of South Africa. 483 genital operculum, and sternites smooth ; chelicerae as in fig. 70, b, seen from inner side (fig. 70, c, seen from outer side); segment I below (fig. 70, d) with a broad irregular strip of granules on each side, those of the outer side larger than those of the inner side, the strip tapering distally on both sides, a narrow area between them smooth ; whole of dorsal surface except near the base granular ; segment II with some weak granules basally o
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Harvest-spiders {Opiliones) of South Africa. 483 genital operculum, and sternites smooth ; chelicerae as in fig. 70, b, seen from inner side (fig. 70, c, seen from outer side); segment I below (fig. 70, d) with a broad irregular strip of granules on each side, those of the outer side larger than those of the inner side, the strip tapering distally on both sides, a narrow area between them smooth ; whole of dorsal surface except near the base granular ; segment II with some weak granules basally on its anterior surface in the middle ; pedipalp with femur (fig. 70, e) fairly densely covered with granules inferiorly, femur above, patella and tibia with a few weak granules, tarsus smooth. Legs : femora with the usual 5 rows of spine-like granules, 3 above and 2 below, femur I with a sixth accessory row in proximal. Fig. 70.—Rhampsinitus vittatus. ^ ; a, ocular tubercle ; b, chelicera from under side ; c, chelicera from outer side ; d, segment I of chelicera below ; e, palp. half between the dorso-lateral and infero-lateral rows only on the outer side ; patellae with a few rows of minute spines, tibiae quite smooth except for 2 inferior rows of minute spines in I; tarsal seg- ments 42 : 73 : 43 : 47. Measurements.—Length of body 5-5, breadth 3-7, pedipalps 6-2, chelicerae I+II, 2-2+3-7 mm. Types, 2 $^, Sir Lowry's Pass, Hottentots Holland Mountains, Caledon, Cape Province. This species is related to capensis and littoralis. Rhampsinitus longipalpis n. sp. (Text-fig. 71, a-b.) S. Colour.—Dorsum of body uniform dark brown, the spines black, ocular tubercle and sides of carapace light brown ; ventral surface dirty white, coxae light brown with some ivory white stripes in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb
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