. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. New Genera and Species of South African Solpugidse. 9 shortly upturned, the upper edge provided with 4 teeth near the middle, of which the proximal and distal ones are large and equal and the 2 intermediate ones smaller, the proximal intermediate tooth being the smallest of the four; the upper edge also minutely and unevenly denticulated or roughened in front of the distal tooth. Flagellum much larger and more conspicuous than in M. braunsi, n. sp., but similarly situated, formed of a curved pallid ro
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. New Genera and Species of South African Solpugidse. 9 shortly upturned, the upper edge provided with 4 teeth near the middle, of which the proximal and distal ones are large and equal and the 2 intermediate ones smaller, the proximal intermediate tooth being the smallest of the four; the upper edge also minutely and unevenly denticulated or roughened in front of the distal tooth. Flagellum much larger and more conspicuous than in M. braunsi, n. sp., but similarly situated, formed of a curved pallid rod densely. FIG. 6.—Melanoblowia x, n. sp., right chelicera from inner side. covered with soft pallid hairs, those at the apex longest, forming a club. Pedipalps stout and shortish, with long, fine, brown hairs and setae and densely covered besides with short and very numerous, blackish brown, mostly truncated, cylindrical bristles, those on the upper side of the femur extremely short, those on the tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus longer. Legs clothed, especially on the femora and basal segments, with numerous short, white, notched bristles, besides long brown hairs and setae. Abdomen with numerous white hairs at the sides and below, the second segment with a group of 8-12 long, filiform, pale yellowish, fleshy hairs spread over each half of the sternite. Measurement.—Total length 9f mm. SUB-FAMILY KAKSCHIIN^E. GEN. TOREUS, n. g. Adult male without distinguishable flagellum. Upper lobe of rostrum bent downwards at apex, the upper edge of the apical. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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