Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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Solpuga sericea Pocock [PL III, fig. 6], 1897. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, xx. 
p. 260, fig. 4. 
The types came from Gadzima on the Umfnli River, Mashonaland. 
Mr S. Hirst records the species from Petauke and from Alala Plateau, localities 
north of the Zambesi. It is recorded by Dr Purcell from Shilowane. 
We have a female example from Salisbury (Fr. J. O’Neil, S.J.) which is 
probably referable to this species (or possibly to celeripes Hirst). There are 
numerous very long silky hairs on the hind legs, a very unusual character in 
females: the hairiness of the hind legs is indeed more pronounced than in 
females of chelicornis. The hind borders of the genital sternites are broadly 
rounded. There are two intermediate teeth in the single series of the upper 
jaw. Measurements: breadth of head-plate 5-1, length of tibia and tarsus of 
palp 6*i, of patella of palp 5*5, of patella of fourth leg 5-7, of tibia of fourth 
leg 57 - 
Solpuga celeripes Hirst [PI. VI, fig. 32], 1911. Manchester Memoirs, lvi. No. 2, 
p. 10, fig. 2. 
The type came from Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. The adult male is the smallest 
known to me in this genus, the type being 11 mm. long and its head-plate 
3 mm. broad. A specimen in the Transvaal Museum has the following measure- 
ments: breadth of head-plate 3*1, length of tibia and tarsus of palp 5-7, of 
patella of palp 5-4, of tibia of fourth leg 5-7, of patella of fourth leg 5-3. 
In describing the species, Mr Hirst remarked that the dark markings and 
general colouration are almost exactly the same as in 5 . sericea, but the narrow 
yellow stripe which is present on either side of the dark central band of the 
dorsal surface of the abdomen in sericea seems to be absent (the abdomen 
being shrunken) . In the specimens examined by me, however, the continuous 
yellow stripes are clearly present. The adult male is remarkable for the relative 
shortness of the fang of the lower j aw, the distance from the tip of the fang to 
the apex of the first tooth being subequal to the distance between the apices 
of the two teeth. 
Solpuga alstoni Purcell, 1901. Annals S. Af. Mus. 11. p. 209, fig. 1. 
The type was taken at Eities in Gt. Bushmanland. 
Solpuga darlingi Pocock, 1897. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, xx. p. 259 and fig. 5, 
p. 261. 
The type came from Gadzima on the Umfuli River, Mashonaland. 
Solpuga ferox Pocock [Text fig. 5], 1895. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, xvi. p. 83, 
PI. 4, fig. 3. (Kraepelin’s figure in Das Tierreich (p. 71) represents the 
characters of the male chelicera more correctly than that accompanying 
Pocock’s original description, but is also somewhat misleading.) 
The type is labelled Port Elizabeth, but the record requires confirmation 
in my opinion. The species has been recorded by me from Kimberley and 
Rustenburg, and I know of it also from Venterskroon (M. H. Viljoen) ; 
Kroonstad (Miss D. Chennells); and Bloemfontein (Dr T. F. Dreyer). The 
Kimberley Museum has it from Fourteen Streams, Barkly West, Taungs, 
Pniel, and Wirsing Siding as well as from Kimberley. 
The male has a distinct keel on the outer side of the lower jaw distally. 
Solpuga sagittaria Pocock, 1900. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7, v. p. 299, figs. 5 and 
5 a. See also Das Tierreich, p. 74, figs. 42 and 43. 
The locality cited for the type is Mazoe, Mashonaland. 
