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groups, to which a fourth is provisionally added for the reception of 

 a single species of doubtful affinity. These groups appear to be 

 quite natural. The first two differ only in characters confined to 

 the one or the other sex, and are closely related, but the third group 

 appears to stand somewhat apart from the other two. 



Synopsis of the identified Species of SOLPUGA in the Museum. 



ADULT MALES. 



GROUP I. Upper jaw of mandibles without long toothless spaces, the distal or 

 single row composed of 4-5 teeth in an uninterrupted series. 



a. Flagellum distinctly and finely serrated distally along the upper edge. 



a 1 . Terminal fang of upper jaw weak, with strong internal tooth. Bushman- 

 land schlechteri, n. sp. (p. 411) 



b l . Terminal fang strong and long, with minute internal tooth. Matabele- 

 land serraticornis, n. sp. (p. 409) 



b. Flagellum not serrated along upper edge. 



a 2 . Flagellum strongly sinuate above near the apex, reaching backwards 

 beyond the middle of the mandible. 



a 1 . Flagellum with a strong tooth near the apex. C. Col. (Western Divs.) 



Icthalis, Koch. (p. 405) 



b-\ Flagellum not toothed. C. Col. (Central and Eastern Divs.) 



reiiator, Poc. (p. 407) 



b 2 . Flagellum not strongly sinuate at the apex or else very short. 



a 4 . Basal enlargement of flagellum very long and low, the upper edge 

 almost straight (slightly concave) for a long distance. Rhodesia (also 

 Delagoa B., Pocock) monteiroi, Poc. 



b 4 . Basal enlargement high, rounded or keeled above. 



a 5 . Flagellum with a short strong tooth near apex. Transvaal 



venosa, n. sp. (p. 412) 



6-\ Flagellum not toothed, cuneiform, much broader than the fang 

 below the anterior bend. Rhodesia . . cuneicornis, n. sp. (p. 413) 



cs. Flagellum not toothed, broadly subulate, narrower than the fang 

 below the anterior bend. Mashonaland sericea, Poc. 



f?5. Flagellum extremely short, with a slender inner process and a 

 lobe-like outer process near the apex. Clanwilliam Div. 



cervina, n. sp. (p. 415) 



cs. Flagellum rod-like, with a long slender process near the apex. 

 Cape Div fusca, Koch. (p. 417) 



