ANNALS MEDEDELINGEN 
OF THE VAN HET 
TRANSVAAL MUSEUM 
Vol. 7 Part i 
A SHORT SURVEY OF THE SOLIFUGAE 
OF SOUTH AFRICA 
By John Hewitt 
With 8 plates and 14 text figures 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Introduction ........... 3 
General Remarks on the external structure of SOLIFUGAE . . 4 
External sexual differences ......... 8 
Notes on specific characters . . . . . . . . 12 
Distribution of Species ......... 16 
Key to the Genera of S. African SOLIFUGAE . . . . . 21 
Genus Solpuga Licht. .......... 24 
Key to the S. African species of the Genus Solpuga .... 43 
Genus Zeriassa Pocock . . . . . . 52 
Key to the S. African species of Zeriassa . . . . . . 53 
Genus Daesia Karsch . • . . . . . . . 53 
Key to the S. African species of Daesia . . . . <» 55 
Genus Blossia Simon ........ * * 56 
Key to S. African species of Blossia ....... 59 
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