88 Type S^pecimens of Scorpions and Pedipalps. 



this certainly Linnean specimen the identity of the species 

 seems to be t'ullj proved, and I do not hesitate to write 



Androctonus australis (Linngeus). 



= A. pn'amus, 0. L, Koch. 



In this case also the statement concerning the habitat is 

 correct, as Linnseus writes " Habitat in Africa " ; but even 

 here he shows his uncertainty by adding " forte etiam 

 America " ! 



The two Pedipalps dating from the time of Linnseus are 

 both types from ' Mus. Ludov. Uhic£e E-egin^e,' namely 

 ^^ Phalangium caudatum " and " Phalangium reniformey 



The first of these is 



Thelyplionus caudatus (Linna3us). 



Because the habitat in this case is correctly given by 

 Linnseus, the Linnean species has been allowed to retain its 

 old name. The authors have fixed the name '' caudatus " 

 on the Javan form, which is right, as I have had the oppor- 

 tunity to confirm by an examination of the type specimen. 



'"'' Fhalanqium reniforme^'' on the contrary, has in 'Mus. 

 Lud. Ulr. Keg.' p. 427, been referred to the New World, as 

 Linnseus there writes " Habitat in America meridionali," and 

 in Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 619, we read " Habitat in America," 

 to which in ed. xii. is added " Jamaica, Carolina." These 

 notes on the habitat, together with the quotation by Linnseus 

 in all three of the books mentioned — " Brown. Jam. 409, 

 t. 4L f. 3 " — has made later authors believe that " Phalan- 

 gium reniforme " was a West-Lidian form, which is easily 

 explained. As Browne has figured a Tarantulid from 

 Antigua, Pocock * believed himself justified in giving the 

 Linnean name to specimens from that island. The Linnean 

 type specimen, however, represents quite a different — an 

 Last-Indian — species of Phrynichus, auctorum. Under such 

 circumstances four possibilities offer themselves : — (1) The 

 type specimen from Mus. Lud. Ulr. Reg. might be regarded 

 as justifying the application of the name '' reniforme " ; or 

 (2) the figure in Browne's work might be adopted as the 

 authority ; or (3) it might be declared that the name " reni- 

 forme'''' should be abolished, as being a collective name; or 

 (4) both the West- and East-Indian species might retain the 

 name, as they belong to difierent genera and even subfamilies. 



* Am) & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. xiv. p. 297. 



