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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Blossia filicornis , sp. nov. (text figs. 21 and 22). 
Types , in the Transvaal Museum, two $ specimens, Nos. 10 and 11, 
from the sandy plains at Alt Wasserfall (22-23/1/1913). 
Colour. Pale yellow or reddish yellow throughout, with no definite 
infuscation. 
Headplate. With some long notched cylindrical bristles scattered 
about on the surfaces as well as on the posterior margin. 
Abdominal tergites with some stout notched bristles or notched setae 
on all the segments. Second abdominal segment below with two clusters 
of three fleshy; hairs each, almost meeting distall y in the median line ; 
these hairs long filiform and curved. 
Pedi palps with three long rather slender spines under the tibia, and 
three shorter but scmewhat stronger ones under the metatarsus. 
Chelicerae with numerous very long and some shorter bristles, the 
longer ones being notched at the tip except in the case of a few more 
anteriorly situated : the distal dorsal bristle curved, its proximal two-thirds 
stout and denticulated except basally, the distal third smooth, slender, and 
tapering to a fine point. Dorsal finger with the superior edge convex, the 
tip of the finger gently curved and thus forming a long fang : the two 
Text fig. 21. Blossia filicornis, sp. nov. Showing dentition and flagellum of <$ (No. 11). 
distal teeth are much the largest of the series and are rather widely 
separated from each other, as also is the distal one from the apex of the 
finger : the next two teeth, both rather small, follow closely after the 
second large tooth and complete the single series. Ventral finger with 
four teeth, the distal one blunt, having a straight posterior edge ; the 
intermediate tooth between the other two small. 
Flagellum long, slender, and transparent, the basal portion not greatly 
expanded, rotatably attached to the upper finger at a point immediately 
above the interval between the second and third teeth, the distal portion 
subcylindrical and lightly curved, tapering very gradually to the tip where 
it is sharply hooked (this is best seen in side view after rotating the 
flagellum forwards). 
Total length , 8*75 mm. 
Female (text fig. 22). 
A single female example (No. 9) from the same locality is probably 
referable to this species. It has the following characters. Upper finger with 
four teeth in the single series, the first, second, and fourth being large, 
and the third small : the double series has two rows of three teeth each : 
lower finger with two large teeth and a small one between them. The 
bristles on the chelicerae are much shorter and stouter than those of the 
male and the tips are only slightly, if at all, bifurcated. The headplate 
