little-hnoion TheljphonidEe and Solifugse. 301 



The female of this species may be readily distinguished 

 from that of 8. Darlingii, the larger of the two known species 

 from the Umfuli River, by the characters mentioned in the 

 diagnosis ; the male differs sharply from that of Darlingii in 

 the structure of the flagellum, this organ being shorter, 

 straighter, unarmed, and with a lower basal membranous 

 portion. 



Of this species Mr. Darling writes : — " I often heard thera 

 stridulate, and one of the large specimens made a noise like a 

 policeman's rattle when put into a match-box. They hang 

 on like bull-dogs, and often when caught with my hand- 

 kerchief I found quite a difficulty in making them let go their 

 hold, they grip with such tenacity." 



Genus Rhagodes, Poc. 

 Rhagodes anthracinus, sp. n. 



? . — Colour. Carapace black, with antero-lateral edge pale ; 

 mandibles black, redder towards base of fingers ; abdomen 

 black above and below ; coxal area of cephalotiiorax blackish ; 

 palpi with femur black j patella yellow ; protarsus and tarsus 

 black ; first and second legs mostly yellow, infuscate at base, 

 tarsus of first reddish brown ; third leg mostly yellow, with a 

 broad black ring round femur and patella, the ring on the 

 latter incomplete above ; fourth leg with femur infuscate 

 below. 



Total length 17 millim. 



Loc. Somaliland {Miss Gillett). 



Resembling R. melanus in the uniform blackness of the 

 head, mandibles, and abdomen, but differing in the colour of 

 the legs. Recognizable from R. Pldlh'psii and R. ornatus by 

 tiie uniform blackness of body and mandibles and blackness 

 of femur of palp. 



Genus Blossia, Simon. 

 Blossia setifera^ sp. n. (Figs. 6, 6 a.) 



Colour a tolerably uniform dark greyish or reddish brown 

 above, the underside and the bases of the appendages pale ; 

 tarsi of legs also pale ; femur of fourth leg reddish in its basal 

 half. 



Sides of head^ thoracic and abdominal terga^ and mandibles 

 beset with long cylindrical setiform spines and studded with 

 short, erect, thinner bristles. Ocular tubercle with two long 

 setai in front and two rows of shorter bristles behind between 

 the eyes. Mandibles with first and second teeth of upper jaw 

 large, subequal, third tooth quite small, fourth larger than 

 third but smaller than second : lower jaw armed with four 



