Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
153 
Female. 
The collection includes two $ examples (Nos. 34 and 35) from 
Kraikluft. The § resembles the $ in colouration though the abdomen 
and appendages are rather more deeply coloured • the abdominal sterna 
are infuscated laterally : hairs on the posterior tergal plates almost black. 
Lower jaw with no secondary tooth on the distal tooth near its apex. 
Teeth of upper jaw in a continuous series, much stronger than those of the 
<}, first fairly large, second moderate, third large, fourth minute, fifth 
moderate, sixth the longest. The double series of teeth includes four in 
the outer row and two in the inner row. Terminal fang pointed, not 
grooved below. Hind legs with a more or less distinct mane on the upper 
side. 
Measurements. Total length 25 mm., length of pedipalp 24, of tibia 
of same 6*5, of metatarsus and tarsus 7*25, of third leg 24 -5. 
Text fig. 18. Soljmga methueni , sp. nov. Showing (1) dentition and flagellum of 
(2) pedipalp of <^. 
Remarks. This species is closely related to S. has tala, Krpln , a 
species known to me only from Prof. Kraepelin’s description and figure 
based on a single example (Das Tierreich p. 58, fig. 45, 16). The distal 
end of the flagellum, as figured and described by the author of hastata , 
is q uite different from that of ornithorhyncha. However it is possible that 
the two forms may eventually prove to be connected by intermediates. 
Type in the Transvaal Museum : a single male specimen. No. 30, 
from Quibis (1. XII. 1912). 
Colour dull brown above, the under surface of the trunk and of the 
bases of the legs pale yellowish : metatarsus and tarsus of pedipalps, and 
Solpuga methueni, sp. nov. (text fig. 18). 
