XHELYPHOXUS. 



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Genus THELYPHONUS, Latr. 



Thelyphonus, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. iii, p. 47, 1802, ill 

 part ; also of Lucas, Karl,, Butler, Stoliczka, etc. (in part). 



Thelyphonus (emend.), Pocock, A. M. N. II. (6) xiv,p. 121, 1894; 

 Eraepelin, Abh. Ver. Hamb. xv, p. 19, 1897; id. Tien:, Scorn, 

 etc. p. 212, 1899. 



A. 



D. 



E. 



Fig. 31. — Thelyphonus indicus. 



A. Lower side of cephalotborax and abdomen, $> . a, coxaof chela ; h, prosternal 



plate; e, coxa of 2nd leg; d, mesosternal plate; e, coxa of 3rd leg; 

 f, metasternal plate; g, first sternum, h, second sternum, i, third 

 sternum, /•, fourth sternum, showing muscular sigilla, of abdomen. 



B. Anterior extremity of carapace : /, median. », lateral eyes ; m, crest. 

 0. Maxillary processes of chela?. 



D. Lower side of anterior end of abdomen of <$ : o, first sternum; p, tooth 



on second sternum. 



E. Lower side of anterior end of abdomen of $>. 



Carapace with granular crest, running forwards from the lateral 

 eyes on each side ; median eyes situated one on each side of a 

 high distinct ocular tubercle ; maxillary process of chela; not 

 toothed internally. Chela in cJ thicker but not much longer than 

 in $; the tibial apophysis of the same form in both sexes, with 

 toothed edges and terminating in a sharp point. First abdominal 

 sternal plate in J with deep median groove; 2nd with median 

 tooth-like spine. 



Type, T. cauda tus (Linn.), Java. 



Distribution. Ceylon and 8. India ; Burma, thence eastwards to 

 the Philippine Islands, and over tin- whole of the Indo- and 

 Austro-Malayan area as far as the Solomon Islands. 



