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palp, and slightly less than, equal to, or slightly greater than the 

 tibia of IV. leg. Tibia of palp shorter than its metatarsus + tarsus, 

 but equal to or longer than the tibia of IV. leg. 



Measurements * of a large <? and 5 (No. 2826, from Elizabeth- 

 fontein, Clanw. Div.). Total length 3 50, ? 60; length of head- 

 plate $ 9i, ? 9, width 3 11, ? 12 ; length of mandible $ 1U, ? 17, 

 width 3- 5, ? 6 ; length of flagellum 14 ; length of palp 3 58, ? 45, 

 tibia S 18f , ? 14, metatarsus + tarsus $ 19, ? 15 ; length of III. leg 

 3 50, ? 39 ; length of IV. leg y 79, ? 61. 



Localities. The Museum possesses 6 ad. $ , 7 ad. ? , and 4 young 

 from the western Divisions of the Colony, extending from the 

 Orange Eiver southwards as far as Malmesbury, Paarl, and Wor- 

 cester, viz. : 



(a) Namaqualand Div. 1 ad. 3 from Kraaiwater, near Naroep, 

 Great Bushmanland (M. Schlechtcr), 1 ad. $ from Steinkopf (W. H. 

 Tuiie), 1 ad. $ and 1 ad. ? from Ookiep (Dr. Howard] ; also 2 ad. 

 ? from Namaqualand (M. Schlechter and W. C. Scully). 



(b) Clanwilliam Div. 1 ad. 3 and 1 ad. ? from Elizabethfontein 

 (1,000 feet, Miss M. Bcrgh), 1 ad. ? from Wupperthal (C. L. Lei- 

 poldt), and 1 juv. from Clanwilliam village (C. L. Leipoldt). 



(c) Malmesbury Div. 1 ? (dried) from the village of Malmesbury 

 (Dr. E. H. Eozenziveig}. 



(d) Paarl Div. 1 ad. $ from the Paarl village (Eev. J. F. Cur- 

 lewis) . 



(c) Worcester Div. 1 ad. $ from the village of Worcester (J. 

 Lycett), 1 ad. ? and 1 juv. from Eabiesberg, near Nuy Eiver 

 (F. Purcell), and 2 juv. from Touws Eiver (Dr. W. P. Le Feuvre). 



Besides these there is an ad. $ and an ad. 5 without locality 

 (Eev. G. H. E. Fisk). 



SOLPUGA VENATOR, Poc. 



Pocock, Ann. Mag. N. H. (6), xx., p. 258, fig. 7, $ . 



Flagellum very variable in length, reaching to above the centre of 

 the eyes in the northern variety but terminating a little distance 



* Throughout this paper the total length includes the mandibles ; the length 

 of the legs is taken along the upper side from the apex of the tarsus to the base 

 of the first free segment, that of the palps to the posterior upper edge of the first 

 free segment ; the length of the head-plate is measured along the median line 

 from the anterior surface of the ocular tubercle, and that of the mandible is taken 

 laterally from the apex to the hinge ; that of the flagellum from the apex to the 

 anterior bend. 



