04 SCOBl'IONID.E. 



78. Palamnaeus bengalensis, C. Koch, Arachn. ix,p. 3, fig. 696, 1842 

 (Buthus) ; Pucock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vii, pp. 310 & 312, 1893 ; 

 id. A. M. N. H. (0) xiii,p. 72, 1894 ; Kraep. Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst. 

 xi, p. 51, 1894 (Scorpio) ; Kraep. Tierr., Scarp, etc. p. 114, 1899 

 (Heterometrus). 



5 . Colour generally dark reddish brown, more rarely deep 

 blackish green ; legs the same colour as the dorsal surface of the 

 body ; vesicle yellowish red. Carapace granular laterally, mostly 

 smooth above, scarcely so long as the 3rd and 4th caudal segments. 

 Terga granular laterally. Sterna smooth, the last only obsoletely 

 crested. Tail about three and a half times as long ns carapace, 

 its dorsal surface nearly smooth, lateral surface finely granular ; 

 superior and inferior lateral keels denticulate, inferior keels of 4th 

 denticulate, of 3rd very weakly so ; vesicle granular below and at 

 the sides. Chelan brachium with upper crest rugose; posterior 

 surface not crested above, rugose ; hand narrow, its width not much 

 exceeding underhand, inner edge denticulate, lightly convex, upper 

 surface covered with a reticulation of ridges and low tubercles, the 

 tubercles more distinct externally and internally ; outer portion of 

 upper surface vertical, strongly convex ; immovable finger weakly 

 crested ; movable finger about as long as carapace. Tarsal spine- 

 armature 6-4. Pectinal teeth up to 16 in S , as low as 12 in 5 • 



S . With longer and more powerful tail and longer ehelse than $ . 

 Tail nearly four times the length of the carapace. Brachium as long 

 as carapace; underhand much longer than width of hand ; movable 

 linger as long as carapace or longer. 



Measurements in mm. (specimen from Satna). — 2 • Total length 

 103, carapace 14, tail 49, brachium 11, underhand 10, movable 

 linger 14, width of hand 10. 



J. Total length 103, carapace 15, tail 57, brachium 15, under- 

 hand 12-2, movable finger 16, width of hand 9. 



hoc. North India : Dehra Dun [Gamble, Smythies, (H'ctdoiv) ; 

 Gwalior and Allahabad; Satna in the Central Provinces ( Gimlette) ; 

 Bengal, Chota Nagpore {Dundas- Whiffin) ; Sibsagar in Assam 

 (Cambridge). 



79. Palamnaeus phipsoni, Pot-oak, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vii, p. 370, 

 1893 ; A. M. N. H. (6) xiii, p. 73, 1894 (Scorpio) ; Kraep. Tierr., 

 Scorp. etc. p. 114, 1899 (Heteronietrus). 



5 . Colour a uniform blackish green or brown ; vesicle ferruginous. 

 Upper side of body rather smoother than in P. bengalensis; sides and 

 upper surface of tail also smoother. Carapace as long as 3rd and 

 4th segments; vesicle smooth at the sides; inferior keels of 4th 

 nearly smooth, not so distinctly denticulate as in /'. bengalensis. 

 Integument finely punctulate under the lens; the punctulation 

 especially distinct upon the last sternum of t he abdomen, which 

 has no trace of crests. Chelae, with hand much broader than in 

 P. bengalensis, the width exceeding the underhand, the inner border 

 more strongly convex and more coarsely denticulate ; the sculp- 

 turing of the upper surface consisting of distinct rounded, oval or 



