RECORDS OF SPECIES OF SOLIFUGAE IN THE COLLECTION 
OF THE TRANSVAAL MUSEUM AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 
SEVERAL NEW SPECIES OF THE FAMILY SOLPUGIDAE. 
(Text figures 22-26.) 
By John Hewitt. 
Solpuga hcimata , sp. nov. (text fig. 22). 
This species is related to S. hostilis , White and S. marsh alii, Poe. 
(Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) lfi, p. 91, pi. IV, fig. 9) differing therefrom in 
the dentition of the upper jaw. The barbed tip of the flagellum, to which 
the specific name refers, is a character sometimes found in hostilis. 
Type. A single $ example from Mamiaanshoek near Zwagershoek, 
Waterberg District, Transvaal, presented to the Albany Museum by 
Mr. C. R. Prance. 
Flagellum reaching back as far as the ocular tubercle, the anterior 
bend situated far forwards, only a little behind the tip of the terminal 
fang : recurrent portion cylindrical, lightly curved over the greater portion 
of its length, the terminal fifth more strongly curved : towards the apex 
it is flattened out from above and notched on the inner edge thus 
resembling a miniature fish-hook or arrow-head with single barb. Basal 
Text fig. 22. Solpuga ha mat a, sp. nov. (<^). («) Left upper jaw from inside. (V) Right 
lower jaw from outside. (<?) Apex of flagellum. 
enlargement longer than high being produced anteriorly : upper margin 
forming a prominent keel raised above the exposed outer turgid portion. 
Upper jaw of mandibles. First tooth rudimentary, followed after a 
rather long interval by a larger tooth, then after a still longer straight 
toothless interval comes the third tooth which *is very small and lies at 
the base of the fourth tooth which is large : no other teeth in the single 
series. The double series includes four outer teeth of moderate size and 
four inner teeth of which the second and fourth are very small. Terminal 
fang short, the apex curved slightly inwards but not downwards or only 
slightly so. 
Lower jaw with two moderate sized teeth and a small one between 
them. On its outer surface is a strong lateral keel commencing at the 
apex but stretching only for a shoit distance being continued over the 
greater portion of the length of the jaw as a row of granules, 
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