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68. Iomachus punctulatus. Pocock, Jour. Bom. X. II. Sue. xi, p. J 10, 



1897 ; Kraep. Tierr., Scorp. etc. p. 156, 1899. 



J. Closely allied to the preceding, '/'run/,-, limbs, and tail black 

 or reddish black, legs not lighter than bodv. Tail three and a half 

 times the length of the carapace, which is as long as its 1st and 2nd 

 segments. Chelae longer t han in /. loeviceps, the movable finger quite 

 as long as the carapace, and only slightly shorter than the under- 

 hand ; process at base of brachium smaller than in I.lceuiceps. Base 

 of finger on upper side with three setal pores, the first of small 

 size, the others larger and situated farther along the finger. Distal 

 bristle on the posterior side of tarsus replaced by a spine. 



$ • Chelae and tail shorter than in S; tail about three times as 

 long as the carapace, which equals its first two segments and half 

 the third. Pectinal teeth 5. 



Measurements in mm. ( <3 ). — Total length 62, carapace 8, tail 30, 

 underhand 8-5, movable finger 8, width of hand 5'8. 



Loc. S.India: Coimbatore (Dauison) ; Nilgiri Hills (Daly). 



69. Iomachus nitidus, sp. n. 



Colour: legs, chela?, tail, with exception of the reddish-yellow 

 vesicle, and upper side of body black. Carapace very finely 

 punctured at the sides and in the depression surrounding the median 

 eyes, the rest of its median area smooth and not or scarcely visibly 

 puoctulate. Terga smooth, not visibly punctulate, marked in the 

 anterior half with a pair of deep longitudinal pits, which, however, 

 are not or scarcely prolonged posteriorly beyond the middle of the 

 plate, and do not present the sigmoid shape and the median piriform 

 area so noticeable in J. loeviceps and punctulatus. .Moreover, the 

 anterior portion of the terga in front of the impression presents no 

 strong transverse sinuous groove running from side to side as in 

 I.lcpviceps and }>ain-talatus, this groove being moderately deep only 

 in the middle between the anterior ends of the impressions and 

 becoming obsolete at the sides. Sterna also smooth, not visibly 

 punctured. Tail&s in /. loeviceps, but with the 4th and 5th segments 

 finely granular dorsally. Chelae punctured and carinate as in 

 /. Iceviceps : two setal pores on base of immovable linger above as in 

 that species. Tarsi furnished below with seta 1 as in /. Iceviceps. 

 Pectinal teeth 5. Total length 45 mm. 



Loc. Southern India : Nellore (Popert). 



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