260 Mr. E.. I. Pocock on the Genera and 



($ . — Resembling female in colour, but with smaller head, 

 much longer legs, &c. ; the head-plate only a little more than 

 half the length of the tibia of the palp and one third less 

 than the length of the tibia or protarsus of the fourth leg. 

 Protarsus of palp scopulate beneath ; palp longer than third 

 leg, its tibia considerably longer than the tibia or protarsus 

 of fourth leg. 



]\J audible with dentition much resembling that of the 

 female, though the teeth are smaller and the upper fang less 

 strongly curved distally ; the flagellum with its basal part 

 rising into a high crest with upright posterior border, rounded 

 extremity, and convex anterior border ; the distal portion 

 short, curving upwards and backwards at a point on a level 

 with the second tooth of the upper fang, and passing a little 

 beyond the posterior border of the upstanding basal lamella, 

 becoming gradually attenuated at the tip. 



Measurements in millimetres. — $ . Total length (including 

 mandibles) oQ, length of mandible 15; width of head 11 j 

 length of palp 39, of first leg 32, of second leg 30, of third 

 leg 38, of fourth leg 58 ; tibia of palp 12, protarsus and tarsus 

 13 ; tibia and protarsus of fourth leg 11"5. 



J . Total length 54, length of mandible 11 ; width of head 

 9*5 ; length of palp 50, of first leg 39, of second leg 3G, of 

 third leg 46, of fourth leg 67; tibia of palp 17, protarsus and 

 tarsus 15*5 ; tibia and protarsus of fourth leg 13"5. 



Log. Gadzima, on the Umfuli lliver (4200 feet alt.), in 

 Mashonaland. An adult male and female sent by Mr. G. A. K. 

 Marshall. 



I have great pleasure in dedicating this species to Mr. James 

 ffolliott Darling, whose labours as a collector have added 

 considerably to our knowledge of the natural history of 

 Mashonaland. 



Solpuga sericea, sp. n. (Fig. 4.) 



Colour, when dry, of a greyish tint, owing to the clothing 

 of white, yellow, or greyish- white hairs on the limbs and 

 body, the limbs, especially the posterior pair, being furnished 

 in addition with long silky white setee ; in alcohol the head 

 and mandibles are of an ochre-yellow, the mandible adorned 

 with three black stripes, whilst on the head the tubercle is 

 black and there is a black patch on each side, from whence a 

 black curved line passes back to the middle point on the 

 posterior margin of the head, this point being joined to the 

 tubercle by a fainter median longitudinal line ; the terga of 

 the abdomen are black, but its sides are broadly white; 



