. Annals of the Durban Museum. Natural history; Zoology; Natural history. 10 Some Lizards and Arachnids of Natal Measurements. Width of head-plate 8-4 mm. ; length of tarsus, plus tibia of palp, 8 mm. ; of patella of palp 7 mm. ; of patella of fourth leg 7 •25 mm. ; of tibia of fourth leg 6'5 mm. Most of the specimens sent by Mr. Chad wick were found running about the shale at midday on 16th December, a very hot day after rains. Juvenile specimens were caught with great difficulty, being very quick in their movements, and often disappearing down holes in the ground. Blossia falcifera dolichogn
. Annals of the Durban Museum. Natural history; Zoology; Natural history. 10 Some Lizards and Arachnids of Natal Measurements. Width of head-plate 8-4 mm. ; length of tarsus, plus tibia of palp, 8 mm. ; of patella of palp 7 mm. ; of patella of fourth leg 7 •25 mm. ; of tibia of fourth leg 6'5 mm. Most of the specimens sent by Mr. Chad wick were found running about the shale at midday on 16th December, a very hot day after rains. Juvenile specimens were caught with great difficulty, being very quick in their movements, and often disappearing down holes in the ground. Blossia falcifera dolichognathus, Hwtt. (Text-fig. 4). This form described from Douglas, , has recently (16th Decem- ber, 1919) been taken at Weenen, Natal, by Mr. J. M. K. Chad wick, who wrote of it as follows : " Without exception, these are found under stones; usually on the outside of the impression made by the stone in a small chamber looking like the run of a termite. They are very easily taken, as they seem to be blinded by the sun and wander aimlessly in circles. I should say they are undoubtedly ; This is the first record of the genus in Natal. Text-fig. Blossia falcifera dolichognathus. Distal portion of upper jaw of male, shewing isolated group of three enlarged feather bristles at base of flagellum. The arrangement of the distal feather bristles of the upper jaw is a noteworthy feature oi falcifera. The three distal bristles are consider- ably enlarged, and form a compact group well separated from the rest of the series. The group closely adjoins the base of the flagellum which it apparently protects. Thus, there is considerable resemblance between this arrangement and that found in the genus Cerom,a. A similar condition is found in B. Jilicornis, but in most species of Blossia, and in Hemihlossia, the series of feather bristles is continuous throughout, as in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digita
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