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Family VEJOVID.E. 



With t\vo pedal spurs and no tibial spurs, as in the Chaerilida 1 . 

 Sternum of cephalothorax pentagonal, nearly always \vicler than 



Fig. 19. A. Coxae and maxillary lobes of 1st and 2nd legs of Scorpiops. 

 B. Carapace of Scorpiops. 



long. Pectines segmented. Stiymata elongate. Three lateral eyes 

 on each side of carapace. Maxillary lobes of 1st pair of legs 

 narrowed, not truncate along the anterior border. 



Distribution. Eastern Mediterranean area ; North India and 

 Burma ; California, Texas, Central America, and along the chain 

 of the Andes to Peru. 



Genus SCORPIOPS, Peters. 



Scorpiops, Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1861, p. 510 ; Karsch, MT. MimcJi. 

 ent. Ver. iii, p. 101, 1879 ; Kraepelin, Jb. Hamb. Wiss. Amt. xi, 

 p. 185, 1894 ; id. Tierr., Scorp. etc. p. 179, 1899. 



Anterior border of carapace deeply excised in the middle line. 

 Movable finger of mandible with a row of 4-6 small teeth below. 

 Movable finger of chela furnished along the middle line with 

 numerous small teeth arranged in a double row ; an outer series 

 consisting of small teeth arranged in pairs, and an inner series 

 consisting of a few larger teeth confined to the distal half of the 

 finger. Hand generally large, flattish above, with usually strong 

 finger-keel dividing the upper surface into an outer vertical and 

 an inner horizontal portion. Tarsi with median*inferior row of 

 spinules and a row of setae on each side. 



Type, Scorpio hardwickii, Gervais. 



Distribution. The Deccan ; Himalayas from Punjab to Assam, 

 thence through Burma to S. Tenasserim. 



