Species of Tropical African Solifugne. 



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limbs mostly black above, but the femora and basal joints 

 larj::ely 3'ello\v, the femur of the palj) haviufj^ merely a median 

 lon^^'itudinal dorsal stri])e ; lower surface of abdomen and of 

 basal sc.^'ments of Icj^s pale. 



JJead flattish, furnished in front with a few symmetrically 

 arranged stout spiniform bristles ; bristles on the tubercle 



Fig. 4. Flagellum and upper ftxng of mandible of Solpuya sericen, sp. n. 



Fig. 5. Ditto of S. Darli)uiii, sp. n. 



Fig. 6. Ditto of .S'. Monte'in, Poc. 



Fig. 7. Ditto of S. Venator, sp. n. 



Fig. 8. Ditto of S. Keyaerlimjii, Poc. 



Fig. 9. Ditto of S. Purkinsoni, sp. n. 



also spiniform and symmetrically placed ; head-plate more 

 than half but less than two thirds the length of the tibia of 

 the palp. 



Mandible with relatively a small number of spiniform sette 

 above ; the upper fang long, carinate above, curved down- 

 wards at the apex ; teeth of the upper jaw strong, sharp, and 

 normal ; two small teeth intervening between the second 

 large tooth and the next largest ; flagellum with moderately 

 elevated basal lamina, the terminal portion smooth, taking 

 its backward curve at a point just behind the line of attach- 

 ment of the second tooth of the fang, running backwards and 



