104 THELYPHONID.E. 



Synopsis of Indian Species and Subspecies. 



Females. 



a. First abdominal sternum with posterior border 



truncate ; maxillary process of chela not 



shouldered T. schnehagenii, 



b. First abdominal sternum with posterior border [p. 105. 



mesially produced and convexly rounded ; 

 maxillary process shouldered. 

 a 1 . Abdominal sterna with distinct raised median 



line T. cristatus, p. 105. 



ft 1 . Abdominal sterna without raised median line. 



a'. Legs dark, as dark as body, pale reddish T. sepiaris, typical 



only at extremities [form, p. 104. 



/r. Legs uniformly red, much paler than body. Subspecies indjcus 



[& muricola, p. 105. 



Males. 



a. Abdominal sterna smooth and polished, only 



minutely punctulate and obsoletely striate .... sepiaris, subspecies 



b. Abdominal sterna (except the anterior) coarsely [muricola, p. 105. 



rugose and subgrauular throughout. 

 a'. Legs dark brown, pale at the extremities. . . . sepiaris, typical 



[form, p. 104. 



//. Legs uniformly red sepiaris, subspecies 



[iiidicus, p. 105. 



86. Thelyphonus sepiaris, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 131, <$ (May 1. 

 1873) ; Pocock, A. M. K II. (6) xiv, p. 1:22, 1894 ; Kraep. 

 Abh. Yer. Hamb. xv, p. 35, 1897 ; id. Tierr., Scarp, etc. p. 223, 

 1899 : nigrescens, Butler, Cist. Eat. i, p. 131, 1873 ( § ). 



Colour black or blackish brown above and on chela?, reddish 

 brown below ; legs black, with the tibiae and tarsi deep red-brown. 

 Carapace and terga coarsely rugose, with close-set punctures and 

 granules, a smooth paler median line present on 2nd and 3rd and 

 just traceable on posterior terga. First sternum shining, sparsely 

 punctured and striate, granular marginally ; the rest coarsely rugose, 

 without traceable median line. Chelce : maxillary process of coxa 

 internally shouldered; femur and tibia granular below, polished 

 and punctured above; trochanter granular above, armed below 

 with 2 teeth (rarely 1), and with 5-6 above ; femur with 1-2 small 

 tubercles above and 1 below ; tibial apophysis armed in front with 

 6 or more teeth and behind with about 3; band thicker than 

 tibia, its inner edge denticulate, granular internally ; movable 

 linger with anguliform subapical tooth. Legs of 2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th pairs with tibial spine. Caudal JiageUum hairy. 



$. Differing from S in having the sterna smooth, punctured, 

 and scratched with transverse lines. Teeth on trochanter and 

 femur of chela larger; hand narrower than tibia; movable finger 

 without subapical tooth. Tarsal segments of Ls1 ^unmodified. 

 first abdominal sternum with its posterior border strongly and 

 convexly produced. 



Length of body up to about 4<» mm, 



