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tarsus III. Again, a small female example from De Aar, where typical examples 
of schreineri occur, has the left fourth leg normal throughout, but the right 
leg is short and its tarsus two-jointed with quite short claws: there are five 
malleoli as usual. The peculiarities of these aberrant specimens are perhaps 
the result of injury during earlier stages in the life of the individual. 
It should be noted that Pocock’s figure of the flagellum does not represent 
that organ so correctly as the figure accompanying the description of 
schreineri, assuming the identity of the two species. 
The type of lineata came from Pearston : that of schreineri from Hanover. 
We have the species from De Aar (S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner and Miss E. 
Friedlander), Tafelberg (Miss A. Gadd), Longhope (Miss E. Abrahamson), 
Zandkraal near Steytlerville (Miss A. Geard), Hopetown (Miss Stegmann), 
Smithfield (Dr R. Broom), and female specimens apparently referable thereto 
from Klerksdale near Middelburg (B. Marais). 
The stridulatory ridges of the chelicerae are decidedly longer than in 
Solpuga, but are only 4-6 in number: the bristles on the mesial surface are 
much as in Solpuga and the feather bristles towards the distal end of the 
series are not enlarged. The lower jaw has feathered bristles on its mesial 
surface: the distance from the tip of the fang to the apex of the first tooth is 
about equal to i| times the distance between the apices of the two large teeth: 
the intermediate tooth may be present or absent in male specimens from the 
same locality. In side view, the lower margin of the terminal fang of the 
upper jaw is quite straight: this seems to be a very constant character. 
Rotated forwards, the flagellum either just reaches the tip of the fang, or 
slightly surpasses, or scarcely reaches the tip: during life this probably can 
be rotated through an angle of 180°, or slightly more, but not very much more. 
The tarsus of the palp is slightly movable in both sexes: this is not the 
case in Blossia. 
Daesia rhodesiana Hewitt, 1913. Annals Transvaal Mus. iv. p. 165, fig. 26. 
The type male came from Lundi River, S.E. Rhodesia. 
Daesia schultzei Kraepelin, 1908. Denk. med. nat. Gesell. Jena, xiii. p. 274, 
figs. 5 and 6. 
The type is an adult male from the Kalahari. 
Key to the S. African species of Daesia Karsch. 
1. Upper jaw with a very long slender toothless terminal fang. 
Teeth of single series absent. Flagellum drawn out behind into a straight 
subulate shaft which exceeds the basal disc in length. 
D. subulata Purcell. 
2. Terminal fang of upper jaw rather long, followed by the single 
series of four teeth — two fairly large ones in front, then a small one, and 
then a large tooth. Flagellum drawn out into a shaft which is longer than 
the disc. D. namaqua Kraepelin. 
3. Terminal fang of upper jaw of moderate length or short, the single 
series of teeth continuous ; the flagellum more or less elongated and pear- 
shaped, without a long shaft, though drawn out a little distally. 
