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 its upperside smooth, upper and lower anterior crests well developed and granular, with a few large 

 granules above and below, smooth on its upper and posterior surfaces ; hand entirely smooth, without 

 crests, punctured, underhand about three-fourths the length of the movable digit. Legs with femora and 

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c? . Smaller and much more coarsely granular than the female ; third segment of tail as long as wide, fourth 

 and fifth granular laterally, weakly and sparsely granular above, fourth also granular below, especially in 

 its posterior half. Upperside of humerus coarsely granular; posterior crest of upperside of brachium 

 crenulate : hand smooth, but grooved and subcostate above. Fectmai teeth 1/-J0. 



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Measurements in mm. — $ . Total length 45, carapace 5*5, tail 25. , rf . Total length 36, carapace 4-5, tail 23. 



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Hob. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero (H. II. Smith 1 ). 







7. Vaejovis punctatus. 



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Voejovis punctatus, Karsch, Mittheil. Munch, ent. Ver. iii. p. 135 (1879) \ 



Veejovis nigropictus, Pocock, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) i. p. 395 (1898) 2 . 



Vejovis spinigerus, var. punctata, Kraepelin, Das Tierr., Scorpiones et Pedipalpi, p. 187 (1899) s . 



$ . Nearly allied to the foregoing, but differing in the arrangements of the colour-bands on the tergites, the 

 posterior half of the median keel being yellow, leaving a central pale spot, and on each side of this there is 

 a black stripe which in front of the spot meets its fellow of the opposite side ; lateral portion of tbe terga 

 occupied by a large black patch, which extends to the lateral margin and is only indistinctly divided by a 

 submarginal slightly paler band ; between this patch and the submedian black band there is a broad 

 yellow stripe, which posteriorly is twice as broad as the black spot that borders it on its admedian side ; 

 tail pale, except for the black lines on its four lower and median lateral keels ; legs very feebly infuscate 

 externally. Structurally resembling V. variegatus, but with the lateral surface of the tail scarcely granular, 

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 c?. Differing more from the male of V. variegatus than do the females; colour the same as in the female; 



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 smooth above, below, and at the sides ; fifth segment smooth laterally. Upperside of humerus without 

 coarse granulation. Pectinal teeth 19-21. 

 Measurements in mm. — $ . Total length 42, carapace 5, tail 22. <$ . Total length 37, carapace 4-5, tail 22. 



Hab. Mexico (Mils. Berol. 1 ), Jalisco (Schumann 2 ), Guanajuato, in the mountains 



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of Dr. Kraepelin, who presumably has examined this type, that it is conspecific with the 

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Vejovis nitidulus, Kraepelin, Das Tierr., Scorpiones et Pedipalpi, p. 186 (1899) 



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Colour of trunk, chelae, legs, and tail a tolerably uniform brown, the fourth and fifth segments infuscate beneath. 

 Carapace a little shorter than caudal segment 1 + 2 or 5 ; rather coarsely granular, except on the frontal 

 area. Terga finely shagreened in front, coarsely but sparsely granular posteriorly. Tail thick and 

 longish, about four and a half times as long as the carapace ; third segment as broad as long, fifth about 

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