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or four very long setae each. Under surface of femur with an inner row 
of six long spiniform setae. 
Legs. Metatarsus of second leg with a row of five dorsal spines, a 
pair at the apex interiorly, and along the inner lower edge one spine more 
distally situated and two long setae proximally, the more distal one of 
which may be termed spiniform. (Third leg absent in the specimen.) 
Clielicerae. Terminal fang of upper finger much compressed laterally, 
deeply concave on the inner side (to receive the flagellum when directed 
anteriorly) and with a small but distinct concavity above on the outer 
side : the fang curved slightly outwards at the tip : upper and lower edges 
of fang, seen from the side, curved : distal tooth rather small, remote from 
the apex, then, after a long interval occupied by a deep toothless bay, 
comes a very long and slender tooth which is closely followed by another 
long tooth : the double series includes three inner and three outer teeth. 
Lower jaw with two large teeth and a small intermediate one, which is 
separated from either of the former but is much nearer to the basal than 
to the distal tooth : the basal tooth has a broad indented apex. 
Flagellum a very thin lamina with infolded edges forming a shallow 
capsule with a long and wide opening in its lower half : lower margin 
practically straight, upper margin convex, the apex a little drawn out but 
Text fig. 26. Daesia rhodesiana , sp. nov. Upper and lower jaws of left side showing 
dentition and flagellum of $. 
not tapering to a point, the whole outline more or less shaped like an 
elongated pear. It is rotatably attached at a point distant from its anterior 
end about one fifth of the total length : rotated forwards, the apex of the 
flagellum does not reach as far as the tip of the fang. 
Abdomen. Ventral side of segment II with a cluster of pinkish 
fleshy modified hairs, about twenty-four in number. 
Measurements. Total length 18 mm., length of tarsus and metatarsus 
of pedipalp 8*2 mm. 
This species is closely related to D. betschuanica , Krpln. (Denk. med. 
nat. GeseJl. Jena XIII p. 273) from Lobatsi, but differs therefrom in the 
dentition of the upper jaw. It may prove to be the same as D. kolbei , 
Purcell (Ann. S. African Mus. vol. I. p. 391) which was founded on a $ 
specimen from Bulawayo. Prof. Kraepelin in “Das Tierreich” (p. 97) 
gave a brief description, without figure, of a <$ which he believed to be 
referable to kolbei and which is evidently not the same as the one here 
described, the two differing in dentition at any rate. 
Solpuga hostilis , White. 
From the following localities in the Pretoria District : — Pretoria, 
5/12/1910 (G. van Dam) ; Pretoria, Dec. 1910 (M. C. v. Niekerk) ; Gezina, 
9/3/1911 (Rev, N, Roberts) ; Mayville, (F. Noome) ; Sunnyside, 12/4/1913 
