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metatarsus, tibia, and apex of femur of fourth leg, blackish : malleoli 
infuscated at the edges : abdominal tergites dark brown above becoming 
blackish in the posterior segments, a broad white dorsolateral band, below 
which the sides of the abdomen are blackish in the posterior segments 
but pale brown in the anterior segments. 
Pedipalp distinctly shorter than the third leg. Metatarsus densely 
scopulate interiorly except in the distal fifth. On the inner inferior edge 
of the tibia in its basal half are four long stout spines, and on the inner 
side of the femur in its distal half are four similar spines of which the 
two proximal ones are stoutest : there are numerous truncated bristles 
below the metatarsus and tarsus but none below the tibia. 
Ghelicerae. Upper finger curved slightly outwards at the apex and 
provided below with a somewhat interrupted row of teeth of which the 
first five are small, the second and fourth being very small, whilst the 
sixth is large : in the double series the outer row includes four large teeth 
and the inner row three. Terminal fang short, hollowed below. Lower 
finger with two strong curved teeth and a small intermediate one 
Flagellum. Basal enlargement high, and, seen from the side, rounded 
in outline excepting along the posterior edge which is thickened and 
produced slightly upwards as a short outstanding process, the superior 
edge not sharp : procurrent portion of the shaft rather short, the anterior 
bend in a line with the terminal fang of the lower finger when the jaws 
are tightly closed : recurrent portion of the shaft gradually ascends in an 
oblique curved line to a point immediately posterior to and above the 
ascending processes of the basal enlargement, and there it becomes 
thinner, curves downwards a little, and then quickly tapers to a point, being 
slightly incurved at its termination : the shaft for the greater part of its 
length is flattened from above. 
Measurements. Total length' 27 • 5 mm. width of cephalothorax 5 ■ 6. 
Length of pedipalp 28 *5 mm., of tibia of same 8 mm., of metatarsus and 
tarsus of same 7*75 mm. 
Remarks. This is a very distinct species, quite different from any 
other known species in the form of the flagellum and in the spinulation 
of the pedipalp. 
Solpuga lethdlis, Koch. 
No 33 of this species, nor of S. Venator, Poc. were taken. The 
collection includes a large adult $ (No. 1) from Kraikluft, two small 
examples from Quibis (Nos. 15 and 16), also two juvenile specimens (Nos. 
12 and 13) from Narudas Sud. Besides these is a series of immature 
examples which agree better with S. Venator in respect to the dentition 
but as they were taken in the same place as No. 1 and agree very closely 
therewith in most respects I am regarding them as immature examples of 
lethalis. Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 all from Kraikluft have only a single tooth 
between the second and third large teeth of the. upper jaw : No. 2, also 
from Kraikluft, has two intermediate teeth in the right jaw but only one 
in the left : No. 7 from Alt Wasserfall has only one intermediate tooth. 
It may be noted that in Nos. 15 and 16 the third tooth is much more 
strongly developed than in Nos. 12 and 13. 
Solpuga , sp. 
Nos. 18, 19, 21, and 29 are too young for precise determination. 
Daesia pearsoni, sp. nov. (text fig. 19). 
Type , in the Transvaal Museum, a single 3 example (No. 8) taken on 
the sandy plains at Alt Wasserfall, (23/1/1913). 
