144 Annals of the South African Museum. 



the granules on the upper surface of hands darkened ; hand more 

 convex above and broader, its breadth generally slightly exceeding the 

 length of hand-back in the adult, but less than this length in the 

 young female. 



Pectines with 13-17 teeth. 



Measurements in Millimetres. Total length 90 ; length of carapace 

 14 ; width of carapace 12 ; distance of eyes from anterior edge 9 ; 

 width of hand 9 ; length of hand-back 9, of movable finger 10, of 

 tail 47 ; width of first caudal segment 5, of fifth caudal segment 3. 



Nine adult specimens from Bushmanland. 



OPISTHOPHTHALMUS GBANIFRONS, Pocock, 

 Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xvii., p. 240, pi. x., fig. 1-16, 1896. 



Headquarters. High-lying parts of the Division of Namaqua- 

 land, C. Col. (with winter rains), where it is extremely abundant. 

 According to Mr. Max Schlechter this scorpion lives in deep burrows 

 of about H-2 feet in length. 



The following is a list of the specimens in the Museum, the 

 localities of which are accurately known : 



A. Principal Form. In the last segment of the abdominal sterna 

 in the 3 about 15 irregular transverse rows of granules may be 

 roughly counted between the front and hind margins. Terminal 

 tarsus of third leg generally with one (very rarely two) external 

 spines below in addition to the four spines on the external terminal 



lobe. 



(ft) 28 ad. ? and 21 ad. $ from Steinkopf (2,700 ft., W. H. Turle, 

 M. Schlechter} : No. of pect. teeth in ? 10-15, in 3 14-18 ; length 

 of carapace in $ 13^-16 mm., in $ 12|-14f mm. ; external inferior 

 spine of tarsus of third leg present in 88 per cent, of cases ; the 

 larger transverse granules of the last abdominal sternite in the $ 

 oval to linear ; the granulation of the anterior half of the interocular 

 area rather weak, and only a few of the granules bordering the sides 

 of this area are large and coarse. 



(b) 8 ? (ad. and juv.) and 4 juv. 3 from Annenous (1,775 ft., 

 W. H. Turle} : No. of pect. teeth in ? 12-15, in 3 16-18 ; length of 

 carapace in ad. $ 13-15 mm. ; external tarsal spine of third leg 

 present in 90 per cent, of cases ; granulation and carapace as in the 

 specimens from Steinkopf. (Placed provisionally in this group). 



The Museum also possesses a few specimens from 



(c) Jackals water (half-way between Steinkopf and Henkries, 

 Namaqualand Division, Max Schlechter} ; 



