128 Records of the Indian Musemn. [V^ol. VIII, 



kinds of Thelyphonids are so difficult to obtain unlesr, special!}^ 

 looked for during the rains (a season at which no zoological work 

 was done in the Abor country), that it is by no means unlikely 

 that species of Hypodonus will yet be found to occur in all parts of 

 Assam and the foot-hills of the R. Himalayas. 



The Pedipalpi collected recently in the Dawna Hills all 

 belong, as was to be expected, to the genus Hypodonus. They 

 are Hypodonus dawnae, Gravely {Rec. Ind. Mus., vii, pp. 101-3), 

 and Hypodonus wood-masoni, Gates {J.A.S.B., Ivii, 2). As they 

 have no particular bearing on the zoogeography of the Abor 

 country they need not be discussed further here. 



Uroprodus assamensis, like other Oriental Thelyphonids, is 

 rarely seen in dry weather, and Mr. Kemp informs me that speci- 

 mens always died in a day or two when kept in a box without 

 moist soil. One specimen which he placed in a wooden box was 

 seen to eat a cricket, but died after twelve to fifteen hours cap- 

 tivity. Mr. Kemp also tells me that specimens when handled alive 

 produced a strong and very disagreeable odour resembling that of 

 fermented rice or beer that had gone bad. 



C. SCORPIONES. 



By J. R. Henderson, M.B., CM., F.L.S., Superintendent, 

 Madras Government Museum. 



The scorpions collected by Mr. Kemp in the Abor country, 

 although fairly numerous in specimens, comprise but two species, 

 both previously known. It seems probable that had the collec- 

 tion been made at a more favourable season of the year, others 

 would have been discovered. The present report also deals with 

 the scorpions obtained by Mr. F. H. Gravely in Tenasserim, be- 

 tween Moulmein and the Siamese frontier ; they comprise five 

 species, one of which is described as new. 



The collection was worked out at the British Museum (Natu- 

 ral History Department) and my thanks are due in particular to 

 Mr. S. Hirst, for the assistance which he kindly rendered during 

 the progress of the work. 



I. Lychas mucronatus (Fabr.). 



Archisometrus mucronatus, Kraepelin, Tierr. Scorp., p. 46 

 (1899). L. mucronatus , Pocock, Fauna of India, Arach- 

 nida, p. 36 (1900). 



This species, which is common in Upper Burma, lyower Burma 

 and Tenasserim, extends into Siam and China, and occurs in the 

 Malay Archipelago as far east as Flores. 



Habitat. — Thingannyinaung, east base of Dawna Hills, 900 ft., 

 24— 27-xi-ii {F. H. Gravely). Eight specimens. 



