lOMACKl'S. 



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A. 



Fig. 23. A. lomachus 

 Iceviceps, 4th tergal plate 

 of abdomen. B. lomachus 

 nitidus, ditto. 



Genus IOMACHUS, Pocock. 



lomachus, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) 

 xii, p. 320, 1893 ; id. op. fit. (6) xvii, 

 p. 317, 1896; Kraepelin, Jb. Hamb. 

 wiss. Anst. xi, p. 139, 1894 ; id. Tierr., 

 Scorp. etc. p. 155, 1899. 



Nearly allied to Hormurus, but with the 

 posterior lateral eye above the margin of 

 the carapace, the tarsi furnished beneath 

 with a median row of spicules and with 

 a few long sleuder bristles at the sides : 

 and the genital operculum of the female 

 pointed posteriorly and without trace of 

 a median suture. 



Type, /. Iceviceps (Pocock). 



Distribution. Southern India ; British 

 and German East Africa, 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



a. Abdominal terga not visibly punctured, marked 



with a pair of short pits scarcely surpassing 



the middle of the terga ." /. nitidus, p. 83. 



b. Abdominal terga visibly punctured, especially 



laterally, marked with a pair of strong sigmoid 

 grooves which extend almost to the posterior 

 margin. 



a 1 . Two setal pores on base of immovable finger 

 above ; tarsi with two pairs of bristles 



below /. Iteviceps, p. 81. 



6 1 . Three setal pores on base of immovable 

 finger above ; a spine on posterior distal 

 angle of tarsus below /. punctulatus, p. 83. 



67. lomachus laeviceps, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) v, p. 242, t. xii, figs. 

 1-1 a, 1890 ; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vii, p. 303, 1893 (Hormurus) ; 

 Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) xii, p. 320, t. xiv, f. 5, 1893 ; Kraep. Jb. 

 Hamb. tciss. Anst. xi, p.' 139 (1894) ; Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. 

 xi, p. 116, 1897; Kraep. Tien:, Scorp. etc. p. 156, 1899 (lomachus). 



Colour : body and tail yellowish or reddish to almost blackish 

 brown above; chelae redder : legs reddish or yellowish brown, always 

 paler than the body ; vesicle clear yellowish red. Carapace and 

 terga closely and finely punctured throughout, sometimes very 

 finely granular laterally ; carapace a little longer than 1st and 2nd 

 caudal segments; about as long as 4th and 5th in $, shorter 

 in J . Sterna very faintly and closely punctured. Tail barely 



