Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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and thoracic tergites are quite devoid of long bristles or spines except on 
the posterior margin where the stout bristles are slightly cleft at the tip. 
Metatarsus of pedipalp carrying four short spines ventrally, the tibia with 
a median row of five short spines as well as several others more laterally 
situated. No definite infuscation on the body or appendages. 
Total length, 13 ’5 mm. 
Remarks. This species seems to be distinct from any hitherto 
described in the character of the flagellum. On first examining the <$$ I 
supposed them to be referable to B. falcifera, Krpln. but the flagellum will 
easily serve to distinguish the two forms. The dentition of the upper jaw 
in the f is also a distinguishing character apparently, the first and second 
teeth in falcifera being much nearer together than in filicornis. The 
type specimens of this species are possibly immature, but they are not likely 
to be merely immature forms of falcifera. The dentition of the preferred 
Text fig. 22. Blossia jilicornis, sp. nov. Dentition of $ (No. 9). 
to filicofnis is different from that of the $ referred to falcifera , the 
teeth of the former being much more acute. Further, the spines on the 
tibia and metatarsus of the pedipalp are much longer in falcifera. 
Blossia, sp. 
An adult § from Narudas Sud (No. 20) differs from $ examples here 
referred to falcifera and filicornis in regard to dentition and spinulation 
of the pedipalps. 
Pseudoblossia, sp. ? 
To this genus (cf. Kraepelin in Denk. m.n. Gesell. Jena XIII, p. 280), 
I refer with some hesitation a very small example (No. 2(1) from Quibis. 
The specimen has only three malleoli, the fourth tarsus is unsegmented, 
the metatarsus and tarsus of the pedipalp are quite without spines and 
truncated cylindrical bristles. The specimen is too young for exact 
determination. 
