116 Mr. R. I. Pocock on Two neio 



a. Integument of abdomen coriaceous, wrinkled, 



sparsely hairy, covered dorsally with short 

 spines, and deeply impressed posteriorly with 

 sigillae. Eyes like those of Idiops, the anterior 

 laterals separated by a space that is less than 

 their diameter Idiosoma, Auss. 



b. Inte<iument of abdomen covered with longish 



hairs, with sigillse inconspicuous. 

 a' . Eyes of posterior row procurved, the laterals 

 in advance of the medians; the distance 

 between the anterior laterals and anterior 

 medians not very unequal ; long spines inter- 

 mixed with the hairs on the dorsal side of 



the abdomen Anidiops, nov. 



h' . Eyes of posterior line recurved, the laterals 

 behind the medians ; distance between an- 

 terior laterals far gi-eater than distance 

 between anterior medians. 

 a'. Quadrangle formed by anterior laterals and 

 posterior medians a little wider behind 

 than in front and a little wider than long ; 

 posterior line of eyes about three times as 



wide as the anterior line EucijrtopSj nov. 



6*. Quadrangle formed by anterior laterals and 

 posterior medians a little wider in front 

 than behind and considerably wider than 

 long ; posterior line of eyes about twice as 

 wide as the anterior line Aganippe, Cambr. 



X. — Descriptions of Two new Species of Scorpions from 

 East Africa. Bj R. I. PocoCK. 



Amongst a small assortment of Arachnids from Kota Kota, 

 west coast of Nyasa, recently brought to the British Museum 

 by Mr. R. Webb, and collected by tlie members of the Uni- 

 versities' Mission, there are representatives of two new 

 species of scorpions, whicli are here described. The remaining 

 specimens seem to be referable to the following species: — 

 Nephila malabarensis, Walck., ]S!ephiIa hymenwa, Gerst., 

 Palystes (immature 2), Euprosthenops^ (immature $), Sol- 

 puga paludicola, Poc, and Oj)isthoj)hthaImus glahrifrons, 

 Pet. 



OpisthacantJius rugiceps, sp. n. 



Species with the legs and vesicle ochre-yellow, and falling 

 under section V^ of tlie table of South -African species of 

 OpistJiacanthus published in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 



• Norn. nov. for Podophihabna, Capello, 1866, preoccupied at leaat 

 twice over. 



