Fam. ANDEOCTONOIDiE. 



SuBFAM. ANDROCTONINI. 

 Gen. BUTHUS (Leach). 



B. VllIOSUS (Pet.) nigro-fuscus, palpis plerumque clarioribus, 

 pedibus sub-testaceis ; cephalothorace costis carenti, crasse gra- 

 nuloso; cauda fortissima, dense, fulvo-pilosa , a basi ad apicem 

 sensim parum angustata, carinis omnibus fortibus et fortiter 

 granulosis; palpis angustis, manibus l^vibus, bracbio angustio- 

 ribus vel saltera non latioribus, digito manus mobili manu po- 

 stica duplo longiore; dentibus pectinum 35 — 42. — Long, circa 

 128 V* millim. 



Syn.? 1800. Scorpio australis Herbst, Naturgesch. d. ungefliig. Ins., 4, 



p. 48, Tao. IV, fig. 1. 

 1862. Prionurus (Androctonus) villosus Pet., Eine neue Skorpio- 



nenart, etc, in Monatsber. d. K. Preuss. Akad. 



d. Wissensch. zu Berlin, 1862, p. 26. 

 1876. Buthus craturus Thoe., On the classification of Scorpions, 



1. e, p. 7. 



Var. [3, dilutiis, paullo subtilius granulosus, corpore toto ci- 

 nereo-flavescenti, cauda modo apice paullo infuscata, aculeo 

 apice late nigro, palpis et prsesertim pedibus purius flavis; prse- 

 terea ut in forma principali diximus, sed minor. 



Forma princip. — Cephalothorax in margine antico levissime rotundatus, 

 mox pone oculos laterales levissime sinuatus, lateribua prseterea rectis, postice 



