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under the low power of a compound microscope. The ridges mentioned by 
Pocock (7) occur in the soft skin of the sides inferiorly, immediately lateral 
to the interval between sternites III and IV. The spines on the soft skin of 
various segments, as specified by Purcell (12) who described them as “ claw- 
like,” are all quite slender. 
Daesia namaqua Kraepelin, 1899. Das Tierreich, p. 94, fig. 63. 
The type came from Gt Namaqualand, and Kraepelin records it also from 
Steinkopf in Little Namaqualand. 
Daesia betschuanica Kraepelin, 1908. Denk. med. nat. Gesell. Jena, xm. p. 273. 
The type male came from Lobatsi. 
Daesia kolbei Purcell, 1899. Annals S. Af. Mus. 1. p. 391, fig. 10. 
This is founded on a female specimen from Bulawayo. 
Daesia pallida Purcell, 1899. Annals S. Af. Mus. 1. p. 382, fig. n. 
The type is a female specimen from the Kenhart div. C.P. 
Daesia leipoldti Purcell, 1899. Annals S. Af. Mus. 1. p. 388, fig. 9. 
This species is based on female specimens from the Clan william div. C.P. 
Daesia hottentotta Kraepelin, 1899. Das Tierreich, p. 95, fig. 64. 
According to Kraepelin, this is the commonest species of South West 
Africa, and he records it from various localities in Damaraland and Gt Nama- 
qualand. 
An example from Mt Temple, Bechuan aland (T. C. Lanham) is perhaps 
referable to this species. It has a flagellum like that of lineata, and along the 
middle is a dark midrib. The dentition of the upper jaw is not very different 
from that of lineata : the single series includes four teeth, of which the first 
and third are of moderate size, being not much smaller than the second and 
fourth, and the inferior outline of the fang is curved, not straight. The same 
form occurs at TJpington (Miss Lennox). 
Daesia lineata Pocock [Pis. VI, figs. 27, 28 and 31, and VIII, fig. 43], 1902. 
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7, x. p. 7, PI. II, figs. 3, 3 a and 3 b. = D. schreineri 
Purcell, 1903, Annals S. Af. Mus. 111. p. 14, PI. 1, fig. 11. 
The type of this species was regarded as representing a distinct genus, and 
was described by Pocock under the name of Broomiella lineata. I am satisfied 
that Pocock’s specimen was an aberrant example of the same species as was 
described subsequently by Purcell as D. schreineri. The most noteworthy 
feature of Pocock’s specimen, according to the figure, is the small size of the 
fourth tarsus, which apparently is shorter than the third, and even the claw 
of the fourth is represented as shorter than that of the third tarsus. Now, in 
the genus Daesia, the claw of the fourth leg is normally much longer than 
that of the third, and so also is the tarsus as a whole, but occasionally excep- 
tions are found. The exceptions observed by me are without doubt referable 
to the specifes D. schreineri, agreeing with normal examples of that species in 
the dentition and in the flagellum, and indeed are only remarkable in the 
characters of the fourth leg. In an adult male from Hopetown tarsus IV of the 
right side is normal, but the left tarsus IV is two-jointed, the whole leg being 
shorter than that of the right side, although its basal segments bear five 
malleoli : the tarsal claws of the shorter leg are noticeably short, being shorter 
than those of tarsus III. and the tarsus as a whole is only a little longer than 
