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the egg-b:ill rnpidly grows. Ciariipas Saxicola Wath. (lilT(>rs in a rcmarkalilo degree 

 from this universal habit; this has been described in a lucid treatise by lîouvier 

 (51. pp. ;i04— 306). This naturalist had the opportunity of observing females of 

 this species together with their silk-nidi, to the wall of which the egg-ball or 

 egg-balls were fastened, and the gravel, which surrounded the nidus; each egg-ball 

 contained about fifty eggs of an immense size, compared with those of other forms 

 of Pseudoscorpions; this size was accounted for by the fact, that the eggs were not 

 fastened to the body of the female and conse([uently could not derive any noiirish- 

 nienl from their mother. It is natural to conclude, that ditfcrences in the develop- 

 ment and the structure of the embryos correspond to this difference of habit. If 

 similar procedures should really be characteristic of the species of the Floridensis 

 group, it will in a systematic respect be of paramount importance; the female of 

 the latter species carries the egg-ball in the usual way, at least in the first stage 

 (cf. p. 23). 



The genus Gariipiis L. K. differs as seen above (p. 95 — 97) in many respects 

 from Olpiiim L. K.; but if the two groups of the former genus should be proved 

 to be well defined, when applied to all known species, thoroughly examined, the 

 possibility must be taken into account that the genus Gorijpus L. K. is not a natural 

 one, but really made up of two genera, each derived from different species of a third 

 Genus; G. Floridensis Bks. seems as a whole to be nearer related to Olpium L. K. 

 than G. irriigatiis Sim. is. 



Finally only a few words about G. hicornis Bks., which provides structures of 

 interest viz. "Céphalothorax narrow, somewhat triangular, much longer than broad 



with a high elevated ridge on each side, ; each lower anterio-lateral angle of 



the céphalothorax is prolonged into a conic tubercle, or horn, which is slightly 

 longer than broad at base. There is a trace of the posterior suture, but the ante- 

 rior one is very obscure; .... Legs about as usual, but no trochantins visible on 

 the posterior pairs" (50. p. 9). This remarkable species must certainh' be regarded 

 as the type of a new genus, if really the trochantin of the fourth pair of legs is 

 wanting. Otherwise it seems in many respects more similar to G. Floridensis Bks. 

 than to G. irrugatus Sim.; it forms also like the former „little cases of silk and 

 earth, in which to pass the moulting period". 



II. Synopsis of Indian Species. 



1. Céphalothorax distinctly broader behind than long. Anterior 

 curvature of the chela ot the palps abruptly convex. Body 

 scarcely granular (1) G- irrugatus Sim. 



1.') Céphalothorax as broad behind as long. Anterior curvature 



of the chela moderately convex. Body finely granular .. (2) G. elegans Sim. 



'I k third species from Java Ganipits Javaniis Tidlg. lias recently been (Uscril)ecl (2".' h pp. 4H 44). 

 wliidi is nearly related to G. eleyans .Sun., but differs by much smaller size. 



