THE ANNALS 
AND 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[SIXTH SERIES.] 
No. 68. AUGUST 1893. 
XX.—A Contribution to the Study of Neotropical Scorpions. 
By R. I. Pocock, of the British (Nat. Hist.) Museum. 
[Plates V. & VI. A. figs, 13-15. ] 
THE following paper is based upon the Scorpions contained 
in the collection ot the British Museum. 
Part I, 
Synopsis of the Genera of the Broteas Group. 
a. The maxillary lobes of the second pair of 
walking-legs wider than the sternum; stig- 
mata elongate; the soles of the feet fur- 
nished beneath with two series of sete .. Broteas, C. Koch. 
Type Herbsti, Thor. 
6, The maxillary lobes of the second pair not 
wider than the sternum ; stigmata circular 
or oval, 
a, The lower surface of the feet studded with 
setee and not compressed and spined. 
a*, The feet short, robust, and furnished 
beneath with two sometimes rather 
IMPES MULAN SETICS Of SEU: o</ bass cin aes Lroteochactus, g. nov.* 
Type nitedus, sp. n. 
* The type of this new genus is a small, dark-coloured, shining, robust 
scorpion from {frinidad. 1t will be fully described and figured in m 
paper upon the West-Indian Scorpions shortly to be p.blished in the 
Journ. Linn. Soc. I also refer to the genus Broteochuctas the species 
Karsch has described as Chactas delicatus. 
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