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SCORPIONID^. 



abruptly converging in front, finely granular at the sides and in 

 front : longer than 1st and 2nd caudal segments, or than 5th. 

 Tergites finely granular laterally, smooth in the middle ; the last 

 crested as in P. swammerdami. Sterna smooth as in the latter. 

 Tail shorter, about three and a half times as long as the carapace, 

 the upper and lateral surfaces only weakly granular ; keels as in 

 P. swammerdami, but not so strongly denticulate ; vesicle granular 

 as in the last-named. Chelir with humerus not so granular, 

 either above or below, as in P. swammerdami, smooth or with a few 

 granules below ; brachium as in P. swammerdami ; hand granular 

 below and on its inner side as in the latter, but the tubercles of 

 the upper side more crowded and a little smaller ; the inner edge 

 of the hand is convex, and the lobe only projects backwards a short 

 distance beyond the posterior end of the keel of the underhand. 

 Moreover the external portion of the upper surface rises vertically 

 from the keel of the underhand and is bordered above by an irregular 

 smooth ridge ; immovable finger at most obsoletely crested. Legs 

 as in P. swammerdami. Pectinal teeth rarely as low as 12 in § , and 

 as high as 18 in <S ; usually 14-Ki. Basal angle of pecten about 

 110°. 



J. Carapace and terga a little more granular tail, a little or 

 considerably longer, and the hand thinner or flatter than in § . 



B. 



Fig. 25. — A. Hand of Palamnesus fulvipes, <$ . 

 B. Hand of P. fulvipes, subsp. madraspatensis, <j\ 



Measurements in mm. of $ (from Nasik). — Total length 110, 

 carapace 17, tail 58, brachium 12, underhand 11, movable finger 

 16, width of hand 15. 



Loc. Western and Southern India; absent from the Konkan 

 and Malabar coast and Ceylon. Also recorded from Burma and 

 Java (type), but probably erroneously. 



Two well-marked subspecies may be recognized, and diagnosed 

 as follows : — 



Subspecies madraspatensis, nov. 



Chelse in J long; brachium as long as carapace ; hand not so 

 flat, narrower, its width only equal to length of underhand, and 

 less than median length of carapace. 



