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OiiDEii SOLIFUGAE. 



Four species of this order were found, all belonging to the geuiis SolpiH/a 

 Licht. Of these, one is new to the Transvaal, two are uudescribed, and the fourth 

 is too young to be identified. 



1. Solpuga sericea Poo. 

 1 S . This species was hitherto known only from Uhodesia. 



2. Solpuga spiralicornis spec. nov. 



Several siieeimens {S3, ? and juv.) Type in the tSouth African Museum. 



(??. Very closely allied to S. srn-aticornis Pure. {Ann. S. Afr. Mus. v. 1 

 p. 409. fig. I'j and \(\a, 1890), but distinguishable as follows : — 



Flagellum of J, when seen from the side, resembling that of srrraticornis, but 

 diifering, when viewed from above, in being much more strongly outcurved posteriorly, 

 and in having the distal sinus in the form of a half-spiral curve, instead of lying in a 

 vertical plane ; moreover the bluntly serrated edge is very short or quite obsolete, 



Fio. 1. jSiiljiiii/a .yiiraHcornis ppoc. nov. Right cheliccra of 3 ■'^f<2i> f''"™ "I'tcr sule (a), .inil from 



dors.al side (b)- 



being confined, when distinguishable, to the outer side of the distal part of the spiral 

 sinus, and not continued distally along the dorsal edge. 



Colour much as in scrraficornis, but the abdominal tergites arc more or less 

 yellowish, except along the median line and all round the edges, where they are 

 blackened. The soft skin at the sides of flie abdomen is narrowly blackened above 

 in the S, but broadly in the ?. The under surface is pale yellowish. 



Length (including chelicerae) of c? 37—41 mm.,? 14 mm. ; width of carapace 

 in largest c? lt)J mm., ¥ 9 mm. ; length of ])edipalps (excluding coxa), c? 48 mm., 

 ? 27i mm. 



3. Solpuga junodi spec. nov. 



Several specimens {dS find ? ?). Type in the South African Museum. 



cJ . Colour of head and limbs yellowish ; tarsus and apex of metatarsus of 

 pedipalj)s black, the rest of the metatarsus sometimes brown al)ove : legs blackened 

 distally, the fourth pair reddish and (although much rubbed) evidently provided with 

 a mane of long pale yellowish hairs ; six anterior tergites of abdomen brownish 

 yellow, blackened laterally, the jwsterior tergites quite black ; soft skin on sides 

 pale yellowish, covered with creamy white silky hairs, only the extreme upper edges 

 being blackened ; sternites of abdomen pale yellowish, broadly blackened at the 

 ■feides. 



Upper finger of chelicerae sliort and straight, curved only at the apex, the 



