Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 
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Colour : ground colour pale yellow. Headplate infuscated over a 
small area immediately posterior and lateral to the black ocular tubercle, 
and fainter infuscations occur on other parts of the headplate. Mandibles 
only faintly infuscated at the base of thp upper fang. All the abdominal 
terga are infuscated at the lateral borders and along the median line, thus 
forming three rows of dark spots more or less fused. Palp with the upper 
surfaces of'the tarsus, metatarsus, and less distinctly of the tibia, infuscated. 
No conspicuous dark colouring occurs on the legs except on the distal 
part of the femur and proximal portion of the tibia of the fourth leg. 
Pedipalp. Metatarsus interiorly with two rows of spines each 
comprising three shorter and stouter distal ones, and two longer and 
rather more slender ones proximally. Tibia interiorly with an inner 
row of three long spiniform setae (there are others on the lower part of 
the lateral surface) and an outer row of four such setae of which the most 
distal is weakest and is not quite in a line with the other three. Under 
surface of femur with an inner row of four spines. 
Legs. Metatarsus of second leg with a row of four dorsal spines, a 
pair at the apex interiorly and three along the inner lower edge, of which 
the two proximal ones are setiform, the basal one being weakest. 
Metatarsus of third leg with three short and stout dorsal spines, also an 
Text fig. 19. Daesia peai'soni, sp. nov. Showing dentition and flagellum of <$ (No. 8). 
anterior row including one and a posterior row of two slender and longer 
spines as well as a pair at the apex interiorly. 
Chelicerae. Terminal fang of upper linger much compressed 
laterally, deeply concave on the inner side, the concavity extending as a 
groove almost to the tip of the fang, which curves slightly outwards : dorsal 
edge of terminal fang (seen from the side) lightly curved, lower edge 
curved : distal tooth is strong, remote from the apex, the next is still larger, 
then follow two small teeth, and the single series is terminated by a 
moderate sized tooth : the double series includes five inner and four outer 
teeth. Lower jaw with two large teeth and a small intermediate one. 
Flagellum a thin-walled capsule strongly compressed laterally, shaped 
somewhat like a tobacco pouch but posteriorly drawn out for a short 
distance into a narrow tapering style, lower edge straight. It is rotatably 
attached at a point distant from the anterior end scarcely more than 
one-fifth of the total length. Rotated forwards, the end of the style does 
not quite reach the tip of the fang. 
Abdomen. Ventral side of segment two with two patches of stout 
pinkish modified hairs, each patch including about twenty hairs : 
segment four inferiorly is fringed with pinkish hairs posteriorly. 
Measurements. Total length 24*5 mm., length of pedipalp 27 mm. 
Remarks. This species seems to be closely allied to D. hottentota , 
Krpln. from Great Namaqualand and Walfish Bay” as described and 
