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from the ordinary cheliconiis principally in having the flagellum 

 shorter in length and higher at the anterior bend. 



SoLPUGA HOSTiLis (White). 



This species has been recorded by Pocock from Pretoria and 

 Barberton (Transvaal) and from Estcourt (Natal), and by Simon 

 from Basutoland. 



Additional localities. — (a) Johannesburg, Transvaal (3' , ^ , H. A. 

 Fry, Alex. Boss), where the species appears to be common. 



{b) Eietvlei, Umvoti District, Natal (<? , <i , H. A. Fry). 



S. cultrata, Pure. (Ann. S. A. Mus., v. 1, p. 427, figs. 27-27b), is 

 merely a dark-coloured variety of liostilis (White). 



SOLPUGA lilNEATA C. L. Koch. 



Additional localities. — (ct) Dunbrody on the Sundays Eiver, 

 Uitenhage Div. {3' and juv., Bev. J. A. O'Neil) : Pedipalps and first 

 leg v^ith black stripes. 



(b) Between Montagu (Eobertson Div.) and Barrydale (Swellendam 

 Div.), {3 , Isaac Meiring) : Pedipalps and first leg with black stripes. 



This species is diurnal, the 3 , ? and juv. having been observed 

 running about in the sunshine, often, especially in the case of the 3 , 

 with great rapidity [L. Peringuey, Bev. J. A. O'Neil, I. Meiring). 

 Some very interesting observations concerning its habits were made 

 by the Eev. J. A. O'Neil, who discovered examples of the ad. 3 , ? 

 and juv. on a number of occasions in the nests of Termes unidentatus 

 Wasm., sometimes as much as three feet underground. A couple 

 of females kept in captivity for a few days by Mr. O'Neil devoured in 

 that period some hundreds of workers and soldiers of T. unidentatus.'^ 



Gen. BLOSSIA Sim. 



Blossia namaquensis, n. sp. 



(Fig. 2.) 



3 . Colour pale yellowish ; the tibia, apex of femur and base of 



metatarsus of fourth leg tinged with reddish brown : pedipalps pale 



yellow ; chelicerse, cephalothorax, dorsal surface of abdomen, the 



legs in part and the proximal portions of the pedipalps thickly 



covered with very short, erect, apically notched or truncated cylinder- 



* Kraepelin mentions that Solifucjcn in general feed principally on termites 

 <Das Tierr., Palp, and Solif., p. 9). 



