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THELYPHONID.E. 



2 . Differing from that of L. proboscideus in having the first 

 abdominal sternum marked with a very shallow median impression 

 in its hinder half and a pair of still shallower impressions, one on 

 each side anteriorly, the two ridges or prominences being absent ; 

 also much less black in the posterior half; the rest of the sterna 



A. B. 



Fig. 34. 



A. Labochirus tauricornis. Extremity of chela of $ . 



B. Labochirus cervinus. Extremity of chela of c?. 



C. „ „ First sternum of abdomen. 



punctulate as in the <$ , but the punctulation spreading more 

 inwards, so that on the 4th, 5th, and 6th sterna there is only 

 a very narrow median smooth area, while the 7th and 8th are 

 entirely covered with very visible punctulation. 



Total length about 30 mm. 



Loc. Kanara, on the Malabar coast {Bell). 



92. Labochirus cervinus, Pocock,Jour. Bom.N. H. Soc, xii, p. 745, 1899. 



S . Allied to L tauricornis, but differing in the form of the 

 chela. The tibial apophysis is strongly curved downwards in its 

 distal half, much more strongly so than in L. proboscideus, being 

 bent nearly at right angles ; viewed from above its posterior border 

 appears to be straight, while its anterior border is concave at the 

 base, strongly convex in the middle ; from the median convexity 

 the border slopes straight away down to the apex, which is armed 

 with three teeth and is in the same straight line as the posterior 

 border ; inner edge of hand evenly concave but scarcely serrate, 

 with shallower basal constriction than in L. tauricornis, armed with 

 one or two small basal teeth, but with scarcely a trace of any 

 anguliform prominences. First abdominal sternum more swollen 

 than in L. tauricornis. In $ the 1st abdominal sternum is much 

 larger than in either of the other species, being more tumid and 

 marked with a pair of deeper impressions, one on each side, near 

 its posterior border, but showing scarcely a trace of median 

 impression. 



Length up to about 30 mm. 



Loc Mangalore on the Malabar coast (Battie). 



