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as in either of the varieties just described, nor is there a conspicuous pile of 
short hairs on the upper surfaces of the patella and tibia of the palp, although 
numerous very short hairs occur there. This form I now designate 5 . chelicornis 
var. nov. macrognathus [Text fig. 9]. The colouration approaches that of the 
hosiilis section, and the dentition is not very different from that of 5 . beckuanica. 
Lastly, Kraepelin has recorded chelicornis on the evidence of a female 
specimen from Okawango in the north of S.W. Africa. It may also be noted 
that Kraepelin’s figure in Das Tierreich seems to indicate a variety distinct 
from any of the above in respect to the dentition. 
Text fig. 9. Solpuga chelicornis macrognathus var. nov. Left chelicera of male viewed 
from mesial side. 
The measurements of the adult males of the three forms here distinguished 
are as follows : 
var. 
rufescens 
var. pubescens 
var. macro- 
gnathus 
Breadth of head -plate 
6-i 
8 
5-8 
Length of patella of palp 
8-2 
io-8 
8-3 
Length of tibia and tarsus of palp 
8-8 
ii-i 
(absent) 
Length of patella of fourth leg . . . 
8-3 
ii-i 
8-5 
Length of tibia of fourth leg 
8-4 
I1 '3 
8-15 
Solpuga villosa Purcell, 1899. Annals S. Af. Mus. 1. p. 422, fig. 24. 
The type male of this species was indefinitely located “S. Africa.” Other 
specimens which seemed to be referable thereto were recorded from Concordia 
in Namaqualand, and from Fraserburg: these, however, were apparently 
female examples, and as such possibly indistinguishable from chelicornis. 
Subsequently, Dr Purcell regarded this species as essentially the same as 
chelicornis, and Prof. Kraepelin al%o held the two as cospecific, though distinct 
as varieties. To me, it seems well worthy of distinction from chelicornis. 
We have male specimens agreeing precisely with the description of villosa, 
from Victoria West (P. D. Morris), and from Tafelberg (Miss A. Gadd). 
Females from these localities are easily distinguishable from those taken 
along with the pubescens form of chelicornis in the colour pattern of the 
