104 THELYPHONIDJE. 



JSjfHgpeit of Indian Species and Subspecies. 

 Females. 



a. First abdominal sternum with posterior border 

 truncate ; maxillary process of chela not 



shouldered T. tchnehagenii, 



h. Erst abdominal sternum with posterior border [p. 105. 



mesially produced and couvexly rounded ; 

 maxillary process shouldered. 

 a'. Abdominal sterna with distinct raised median 



line T. cn'status, p. 105. 



A 1 . Abdominal sterna without raised median Hue. 



it*. Leg's dark, as dark as body, pale reddish T. sepiaris, typical 



only at extremities [form, p". 104. 



b*. Legs uniformly red, much paler than body. Subspecies indicus 



[& muricola, p. 105. 



Males. 



a. Abdominal sterna smooth and polished, only 



minutely punctulate and obsoletely striate .... sepiaris, subspecies 



b. Abdominal sterna (except the anterior) coarsely [muricola, p. 105. 



rugose and subgranular throughout. 

 a 1 . Legs dark brown, pale at the extremities .... sepiaris, typical 



[form, p. 104. 



b 1 . Legs uniformly red sepiaris, subspecies 



[indicus, p. 105. 



86. Thelyphonus sepiaris, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 131, $ (May 1, 

 1873); Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p 122, 1894; Kraep. 

 Abh, Ver. Humb. xv, p. 35, 1897 ; id. Tierr., Scorp. etc. p. 223, 

 1899 : nigrescens, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 131, 1873 ( $ ). 



Colour black or blackish brown above and on chelae, reddish 

 brown below ; legs black, with the tibiae and tarsi deep red-brown. 

 Carapace and terga coarsely rugose, with close-set punctures and 

 granules, a smooth paler median line present on 2nd and 3rd and 

 just traceable on posterior terga. First sternum shining, sparsely 

 punctured and striate, granular marginally ; the rest coarsely rugose, 

 without traceable median line. Chela? ; maxillary process of coxa 

 internally shouldered ; femur and tibia granular below, polished 

 and punctured above ; trochanter granular above, armed below 

 with 2 teeth (rarely 1), and with 5-6 above ; femur with 1-2 small 

 tubercles above and 1 below : tibial apophysis armed in front with 

 6 or more teeth and behind with about 3 ; hand thicker than 

 tibia, its inner edge denticulate, granular internally ; movable 

 linger with anguliform subapical tooth. Leys, of 2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th pairs with tibial spine, Caudal Jlagellum hairy. 



$ . Differing from tf in having the sterna smooth, punctured, 

 and scratched with transverse lines. Teeth on trochanter and 

 femur of chela larger ; hand narrower than tibia ; movable finger 

 without subapical tooth. Tarsal segments of 1st leg unmodified. 

 First abdominal sternum with its posterior border strongly and 

 convexlv produced. 



Length of body up to about 40 mm, 



