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length of mandibles 4f ; length of palps 11-J, tibia 3, metatarsus 

 + tarsus 4-1; length of III. leg 10; length of IV. leg 16, tibia 4, 

 metatarsus 3. 



Locality. A single ? (No. 1181) from Buluwayo, Matabeleland, 

 collected by the Eev. Dr. F. Kolbe, of St. Mary's, Cape Town, to 

 whom the Museum is indebted for two new species of Solifugse. 



DAESIA PALLIDA, n. sp. 

 (Figs. 11, lla.) 



Colour. Whole animal very pale yellowish ; ocular tubercle deep 

 black ; the 3 distal segments of the palps infuscated, -except on the 

 under side, which is pale yellowish, the femur marmorate above on 

 each side of the middle line ; IV. leg feebly infuscate above at the 

 apex of the femur and at the base of the tibia ; jaws of mandibles 

 reddish, black at the tips. Coxa and trochanters with black 

 markings at the insertion of the pallid malleoli. 



Palps. -Metatarsus and tarsus shaped and proportioned as in 

 kolbei. Under side of femur with an anterior row of 4 and a posterior 

 row of 2 spiniform setae, all very distinctly set off' from the other 

 setae on the joint, the distal anterior one much larger than the 

 others ; under side of tibia with two rows of long setiform spines 

 (3 in each row), which are remarkably stout with the exception of 

 the posterior basal one. Under side of metatarsus (fig. lla) with 2 

 rows of 4 short spines and G long setiform spines, arranged as in 

 kolbei ; the basal pair are strong but slenderer than the other seti- 

 form spines, which are remarkably strong and stout, especially those 

 of the anterior row. Short spines on the legs as in leipoldti and 

 kolbei, excepting that there are 4 posterior spines on the metatarsus 

 of III. leg, the two proximal ones close together. 



Dentition. Only 1 small tooth between the second and third 

 large teeth in the upper jaw and 1 between the 2 large teeth in the 

 lower jaw otherwise as in the preceding species ; terminal fang of 

 upper jaw less strongly curved than in the preceding form. 



Measurements. Total length 13A ; length of head-plate 3, width 

 3^ ; length of mandible 4J ; length of palps 12, tibia 3^, metatarsus 

 + tarsus 4-1 ; length of III. leg 9| ; length of IV. leg 17& tibia 4J, 

 metatarsus 3. 



Locality. A single specimen ( 5 or immature ? No. 2832) from 

 Eities in Great Bushmanland, Kenhart Div. (Max Schlechter, 

 March, 1898). 



