Solpuga /roHi the Belgian Congo. 



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structure, wliicli is shaped rather like a sickle and clotlied 

 with short hairs. Immovable finoerof chelicera with tiie end 

 strongly curved; the first two teeth are large, and there are 

 two little intermediate teeth between them and the next large 

 tooth ; there is a very minute denticle on the upper surface 

 of this finger in front of the flagellum. Movable finger with 

 a single minor tooth betvveen the principal ones. Width of 

 head-plate considerably less than length of tibia o£ palp, but 

 almost equal to that of the metatarsus. 



? . — Width of head-plate very slightly exceeding length 



Chelicera of Solpuga hewitti. 

 A and B, distal half and extreme end of flagellum, greatly enlarged. 



of tibia of palp, but a little less than the length of its meta- 

 tarsus + tarsus. Armature of chelicera practically the same 

 as in the male sex. 



The female (type) of 8. butleri, Poc, from the Congo, is a 

 very large specimen, the length of its body being about 

 52 mm. ; the width of its head-plate is considerably less than 

 the length of the tibia of the palp or than the metatarsus -f- 

 tarsus. 



Colour. Head-plate pale brownish or reddish yellow ; 

 apparently it is not nearly so deeply inf uscate as in S. butleri. 

 Chelicera yellowish at the sides, but darker above. Abdo- 

 minal tergites rather dark brown, but the rest of the abdomen 



