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Palp with the tibia scopulate below except near the base, and only thinly 
scopulate near the apex. 
Posterior legs carrying long hairs but they do not seem to form a definite 
mane. 
Colour. Head-plate, mandibles, and appendages pale brown, the more 
distal segments of palps and legs dark brown, the infuscation being strongest 
on the distal segments from the patella onwards of the fourth leg. Abdominal 
tergites very dark, almost black superiorly throughout, but sides of abdomen 
clothed with pale yellow hairs. Malleoli not infuscated. 
Measurements. Total length 20, length of flagellum 5-2, of patella of palp 
5-25, of tarsus and tibia of palp 6, of patella of fourth leg 4-7, of tibia of fourth 
leg 4 * 55 - 
Solpuga coquinae Hewitt, 1914. Records Albany Museum, hi. p. 9, fig. 2. 
The type came from Cookhouse C.P. and we have other specimens from 
Somerset East (E. Driver), Longhope (E. Abrahamson) and a fairly distinct 
variety from Kimberley (J. H. Power) and Bloemfontein (Dr T. F. Dreyer). 
The flagellum varies a little in length, being a trifle longer relatively in 
large specimens than in small ones, but the total length of the recurrent 
portion is never more than twice the distance from the anterior bend to the 
hind margin of the basal enlargement: the apex is considerably nearer to the 
hind margin of the basal enlargement than to the posterior dorsal margin of 
the chelicera. The flagellum is not markedly broadened at the anterior bend. 
In specimens from Kimberley and Bloemfontein the flagellum differs 
only slightly from that of the type, in that the basal enlargement is a trifle 
deeper, more rounded, and less produced anteriorly, whilst the shaft is a little 
longer and straighter but sometimes bent downwards rather abruptly near 
the tip: these minor differences are exhibited more particularly in the single 
example from Bloemfontein. 
It is possible, however, to distinguish this form from that of the type, 
owing to the greater length of the fang of the lower jaw. In the typical variety, 
the distance from the tip of the fang to the apex of the first tooth is about 
equal to i|— if times the distance between the apices of the two large teeth: 
in the Kimberley and Bloemfontein specimens, the proportion is greater, 
being 2-2 1 : 1. This form I now designate 5 . coquinae var. nov. orangicus. 
The species is smaller than 5 . hostilis or derbiana : the measurements of an 
adult female from Cookhouse are as follows: breadth of head-plate 6-75, 
length of tibia and tarsus of palp 6-7, of patella of palp 5-6, of tibia of fourth 
leg 5*6, of patella of fourth leg 6. 
The colouration is very much like that of hostilis. In the typical male all 
the abdominal tergites are infuscated throughout, and the sides of the abdomen 
silvery, but in the Kimberley and Bloemfontein specimens, one or two of the 
anterior tergites are dark brown not black. The hind legs are more or less 
infuscated, rather than red as in hostilis. In the female, on each side of the 
anterior tergites, which are brown, there is a more or less distinct dark stripe 
passing backwards into the blackened area posteriorly, and along the midline 
also is a series of dark stripes but these are in the soft skin between the tergites : 
the hind legs are red. 
