On some new Species of Scorpions, 411 



anguste expausum ot refloxum, marginc columellari ad inser- 

 tioncm dilatato : umbilicus plus minus infundibuliforrais. 

 Diam. maj. 16 millim., min, 13; alt. 9. 



Nab. Suraba. 



This species might be regarded as a variety of G. trans- 

 vei'salis, Mousson. It ditfers in being much more distantly 

 punctate, in the smaller aperture, in the contraction of the 

 last whorl behind the peristome, and the somewhat greater 

 angularity of the edge of the umbilicus. 



J-* la n isj) ira a Wode n lata . 



Testa depressa, subglobosa, anguste umbilicata, fusca, lineis incre- 

 menti obliquis arcuatis et granulis roraotis in seriebus quincun- 

 cialibus dispositis instructa ; spira brevis, convexa, obtusa ; anfr. 

 4, convexiusculi, ultimus antice breviter descendons, pone labrum 

 paulo constrictus ; apertura valde obliqua, intus pallide roseo- 

 purpurea ; perist. expansum, et leviter refiexum, purpureo- 

 lilaceum,in medio margiuis dcxtri albo subtubcrculatum, margine 

 columellari pallido, dente albo intus instructo, late refiexo, 



Diam. maj. 24 millim., min. 19 ; alt. 16. 



Hab. South Flores, at 3600 feet. 



The distant granules upon the surface, especially upon the 

 body-whorl, the distinct cohimellar toot'i, and the slight 

 nodule upon the outer lip are the principal features of this 

 species. 



LVIII. — Descriptions of some new Species of Scorpions. 

 By R. I. POCOCK. 



Genus Opisthophthalmus, C. Koch. 

 OpisthopJitkalmus ecrisfatus, sp. n. 



(^. — Closely allied both to 0. Waklbergi unci C , opinatus, 

 with the vesicle granular and the ocular tubercle in the middle 

 of the carapace. 



Tarsi of third and fourth legs with a single row of 3 inferior 

 spines in addition to those on the lobes ; protarsus of first and 

 second leg armed externally with 4 strong spines. Trian- 

 gular area on carapace visible ; interocular area granular in 

 its anterior half, the smooth portion reduced to a patch on each 

 side midway between the median eyes and the anterior border. 

 Last abdominal sternite and lower side of first caudal segment 

 with four strong smooth keels. 



