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Legs faintly granular ; the tibial spurs much longer than the 

 neighbouring hairs. 



Pectinal teeth 21. 



Measurements. — 9 Total length 41 mm., carapace 4"5 mm., 

 tail 21 mm., underhand 3 mm., movable finger 5 mm., width of 

 hand 2 mm. 



Type-specimen : No. ^{f" in the collection of the Zoological 

 Survey of India. 



This species, which is chiefly characterised by its white 

 hand and the pronounced granulation of the anterior portion of 

 the carapace, appears to be related to L. tricarinatus^ Simon, and 

 L. hendersoni, Pocock. From the former it is distinguished by the 

 fact that all its terga except the last have onl}^ a single carina ; in 

 the latter species the colouration is entirely different, the hand and 

 fingers both being yellow. 



Palamnaeus tristis, n. sp. 

 Plate XXI, figs. 3, 4. 



Habitat. — Tirupati Hills, North Arcot District, two males. 



Venkatagiri Hills, Nellore District, two females and one 

 young male. 



This species was discovered in September, 1904 b}' my former 

 pupil and assistant at the Madras Christian College, Mr. S. K. 

 Sundara Charlu, M.A., who made a large collection of scorpions 

 from the Eastern Ghats and other parts of the Madras Presidenc}'. 

 The specimens recorded above were found at elevations of between 

 2,000 and 3,000 feet, inhabiting short burrows, the entrance to 

 which were, as is usualh' the case in the species of Palamnaeus, 

 covered by a large stone. Mr. Sundara Charlu informed me that in 

 some cases the burrow also afforded shelter to a small frog — Callula 

 variegata, Stol. 



Colour greenish-black, the legs sometimes paler than the rest 

 of the body ; vesicle reddish- yellow. 



Carapace on the whole smooth and polished, slightly granular 

 towards the sides. 



Terga smooth and polished, slightly granular towards the sides. 



Sterna smooth and polished, the last one without a crest. 



Tail about three times as long as the carapace ; all the seg- 

 ments polished, particularly above, and slightly granulated ; keels 

 of the first three segments smooth, of the fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments slightly denticulate. 



Vesicle wider than high, about as wide as the fifth segment, 

 with four tuberculate crests below ; a well-defined groove on each 

 lateral surface. 



Chelae with the humerus and brachium both slightly longer 

 than the carapace ; humerus coarsely granular above and at the 

 base below, with the anterior margin rather strongly denticulate ; 

 brachium strongly ridged above and ver}- slight^ granulated ; 



