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Coiojn . Cephalic plate brownish ; tergal plates of 

 abdomen pale brownish, the posterior ones paler than 

 the anterior ones, and with a narrow dark line at the 

 posterior edge ; ventral surface of body yellowish. 

 Appendages yellowish ; but the chelicera is brownish 

 above at the base ; femur of the fourth leg also brown ; 

 the distal half of the femur and the entire length of the 

 tibia of the palp and the femora of the second and third 

 legs and tibia of the fourth are a paler brown. 



Measurements, in mm. Total length 25 5 ; width of 

 cephalic plate 675, length of second leg 27, of third 34'5, 

 of fourth 53-5. 



[The legs of the first pair are incomplete, and their 

 length cannot therefore be given.] 



Loc. N.E. Rhodesia (exact locality not given) ; a 

 single example of the male sex. 



14. Solpuga sericea, Poc. 



Solpuga sericea. Pocock, Atin. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (6) 20, pp. 260 and 261, Fig. 4 (1897). 



Loc. Petauke, a male and a female. Alala Plateau, 

 one male. The types of this species are from the Umfuli 

 River. 



15 Solpuga celeripes, sp. n. 



Width of cephalic plate less than the length of the 

 metatarsus of the palp, and about equal to the length of 

 the tibia or metatarsus of the third leg. Fourth leg with 

 long silky hair, as in 5. sericea, Poc. 



Chelicera. Immovable finger, with a short keel on the 

 dorsal surface near the end, as in 5. sericea, but the tooth 



