44 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA . 
(or almost in contact) with the upper arm throughout its entire 
length, as shown in the accompanying figure ; but when in a hungry 
state the creature sees a juicy cockroach or cricket near by, these 
arms are extended forwards, thus enabling it to catch its prey 
without approaching it too closely. The arms vary considerably 
in length and are usually shorter, often much shorter than in the 
specimen figured, the abdomen, moreover, being frequently larger. 
The female carries her eggs about with her in a capsule attached to 
the lower surface of the abdomen. 
Another and somewhat smaller and more moisture-loving species 
of scorpion-spider (Phrynichus pusillus) is fairly abundant under 
stones in the jungles of the Kandy District, and is known to 
extend to a considerably higher elevation than this ; but further 
information as to the distribution of this, and indeed of all the 

Fria. B.—‘* Whip Scorpion” (Labochirus proboscideus), 6. natural size. 
Pedipalpi in the Island, is very much to be desired, and specimens 
from any part would be much appreciated both by Mr. Green 
(Peradeniya Gardens) and myself (Indian Museum, Calcutta) for 
the elucidation of this matter. It is possible that there may be 
two distinct species of the small form found in the jungle : one with 
very long arms and commonest, like the larger species, in the 
low-country (up to 1,000 feet); and another with shorter arms, 
which is the commonest at higher levels. But this, too, is a matter 
which cannot be settled until more material is available. 
Whip-scorpions, as the name implies, resemble scorpions rather 
than spiders; indeed, at first sight the only noticeable difference 
between whip-scorpions and scorpions lies in the slender whip-like 
‘tail’? of the former, which, moreover, lacks the much-dreaded 
sting of the latter. But in these creatures, as in the scorpion- 
spiders, the appendages corresponding to the first pair of walking 
