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Genus HEMISCORPIUS, Peters. 



Hemiscorpius, Peters, MB. Akad, Berlin, 1861, p. 420 (April); 



Pocock, A. M. N. 11. (6) xii, p. 308, 1893. 

 Hemiscorpion, Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 1801, p. 511 (May); 



Kartell, MT. Munch, eut. I'rr. iii, p. 15, 187'.); Krnep. Jl>. ILamb. 

 wiss. Anst. xi, p. 110, 1894; id. Tierr., Scorp. etc. p. 142, 1899. 



Carapace with median eyes in advance of the middle of the plate. 

 Tarsi (Kg. 5 A, p. 8) armed beneath and on each side of the distal 

 extremity with many pairs of long and slender spines, and furnished 

 with median row of spicules. Sternum elongate, parallel-sided, with 

 deep median groove. Finger of chela with two parallel rows of 

 teeth and externally with some larger teeth. 



Type, //. lepturus, Peters. 



Distribution. S.Arabia; Soeotra ; Baghdad and Baluchistan. 



63. Hemiscorpius lepturus, Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 1861, p. 426, 

 6g8. 1-8; id. op. eit. p. oil (Heruiscorpiou) ; Kraep. Jb. llamb. 

 Wiss. Anst. xi, p. Ill, t. ii, tigs. 39, 40, 1894 ; id. Tierr., Scorp. etc. 

 p. 142, tig. 38, 1899. 



9 . Colour uniform yellowish red, with 

 browner fingers. Carapace and abdomen 

 smooth to finely punctured. Keels of tail 

 smooth or finely granular. Vesicle of nor- 

 mal form, not globular, with short and thick 

 aculeus. Hand with nearly smooth finger- 

 keel, its upper surface reticulated. Pectinal 

 teeth 9. Total length 4.") mm. 

 Fig. '22.— Hemiscorpius j . Differing from $ in having cara- 



/epfurus A Vesicle and ab(]omon tinelv granu l ar or ru „ u _ 



and aculrus of J. 13. { , ., , 'i°i i P, 



Do. of 2. lose; tail very long and slender; vesicle 



very long, with blunt tuberculiform pro- 

 jection on each side at the base of the aculeus. Pectinal teeth 

 15-16. Total length 06 mm. 



Distribution. Baghdad (Petermann) ; Northern Baluchistan 

 {Maynard \ MacMahon). The example from Baluchistan has 

 lost its tail, and is identified as 11. lepturus with some hesitation. 



Genus CHIROMACHETES, Pocock. 



Chiromachetes, Pocock, d,,ur. linn. S. If. Soc. xii, p. 711, L899. 



Carapan with anterior bonier deeply excised in middle line- 

 median eyes well in advance of the centre, the distance between 

 them and the posterior margin nearly t\\ ice as great as f he distance 

 between them and the median excision; lateral eyes almost mar- 

 ginal, the anterior two separated by a very narrow space from the 

 subjacent edge, the posterior practically on the edge. Extremity 



of prolarsi spined ; tarsi (fig. 21, A ) armed below with a few spines, 

 without median row of spicules except quite at base. Digit of 



