4 1C 



Annul.* of tlie South African Museum. 



Colour of $ and 5 . Very much as in cuneicornis but not so 

 dark. Ground colour pallid or pale yellowish, but the greater part 

 of the legs and of the upper surface of the body is of a dark purplish 

 tint. Head-plate with the borders and a median line pallid, the 

 central part on each side of the median line marmorate, the eye- 

 tubercle deep black. Mandibles pallid or yellowish, finely marbled 

 with purplish and provided with one lateral and two dorsal, darker, 

 purplish stripes. Tergal plates of abdomen purplish brown ; the 

 sides of the abdomen yellowish. The short basal segments of the 

 legs and the basal part of the femur of palps pallid or yellowish ; the 



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Solpuya cuneicornis, n. sp. <? . Fig. 20, right mandible from lateral side. Pig. 

 20a., distal part of same mandible from above. 



S. ccrvina, n. sp. <j . Fig. 21, right mandible from lateral side. Fig. 21, apex 

 of same mandible from above. 



S. fusca, Koch. Fig. 22, right mandible of <? from lateral side. Fig. 22a, right 

 mandible of ? from lateral side. 



under side of the legs, their tibiae and metatarsi, and the apex of 

 the palp more or less pallid or pale yellowish. Hairs on legs and 

 abdomen reddish yellow, those on the head-plate and mandibles 

 darker. Malleoli pallid. 



Terga of abdomen with a moderate number of bristly hairs. The 

 palp and IV. leg, or at least their tibiee, as in cuneicornis without 

 the under coat of short hairs found in the previous species. Ocular 

 tubercle with about eight distinct bristles and about as many finer 

 hairs, somewhat irregularly arranged, 011 the anterior half (besides 

 others on the posterior side). 



