Mr. S. Hirst Oil neio Scorpions. 4G7 



Bahycurus ansorgei, sp. n. 



Carapace and tergites finely granular, as in B. centuri- 

 nwrphiis, Karscli ; anterior edge of carapace almost straight. 

 Last sternite practically smooth, the granulation being ex- 

 ceedingly minute; its keels are obsolete, tiie granules of 

 which they are composed being scarcely visible (when ex- 

 amined under a hand-lens niagnifyitig ten diameters). 



Tail moderately stout, the fourth segment being the 

 widest ; fifth segment narrowed posteriorly. Intercarinal 

 spaces very finely granular. Ventral keels weak and finely 

 granular ; they are a little stronger than is the case in 

 B. neglecfus, Krpln., and even in the last segments, although 

 very weak, they are still visible under a hand-lens. Upper 

 keels considerably stronger than the ventral ones. 



Hand of chela a little swollen and slightly wider than the 

 tibia ; the finger-keel apparently absent. Movable finger 

 considerably longer than the hand-back ; as in J3. centriiri- 

 morplius, five median series of granules are present, besides 

 the long basal series and the very short apical one. 



Pectines with 18 teeth. 



Measurements in mm. — Total length 55 ; length of cara- 

 pace 6, of first segment of tail 3'5, of fourth 5"25, of fifth 7, 

 of hand-back 4*5, of movable finger 6 ; greatest width of 

 first segment of tail 3'5, of fourth 3' 75, of fifth 3"5, of 

 hand 2 •75. 



Colour reddish brown (of a shade approaching the walnut- 

 brown given in K.idgway's * Nomenclature of Colours'). 

 Vesicle and the lower surface of the trunk paler in colour. 

 Chela and the legs also reddish brown, the hand of the ciiela 

 a little paler than the other segments, but its fingers are 

 black. 



Material. — A female specimen, collected by Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge at Dondo, N. Angola, on July 12th, 1908. 



Remarks. — Allied to Babijcurus centrurimorplmSj Karsch, 

 from which it differs chiefly in colour. 



Titgus funestuSj sp. n. 



(J. — Tail about six times the length of the carapace, the 

 third segment equalling it in length. Posterior segments 

 much higher than is the case in 2', magnimanns, Poc, and 

 T. pococM^ Hirst, the fourth, which is the highest, being very 

 much less than twice as long as high [in T. magnimanus the 

 fourth segment in the male is about two and a half times as 

 long as high]. The shape of the upper surface of the poste- 

 rior segments is very different also to what it is in these two 



