400 Ofi Scorpions of the Genus Vaejovia. 



a^. Terga yellow, marked with only one hlack 

 patch on each side ; the rest of the body not 



variegated bilineatus, sp, n, 



6'. Terga yellow or red, but marked with two 



distinct black patches on each side of the 



middle line. 



«'■*. The lateral tergal patch closer to the margin, 



leaving a broader yellow band ; legs entirely 



pale ; tail with only the lower keels lined 



with black nigropietus, sp. n. 



b'^. The lateral tergal patch more remote from 

 the margin; legs and lower side of tail 



strongly blackened vaHegatus, sp. n, 



b. Hand with inner surface ei-ested and strongly 

 granular; crests on brachium all strong and 

 granular ; movable digit longer than fifth caudal 

 segment, uniformly blackish niyrescens, sp. n, 



2. Four inferior keels on caudal segments 1—4 visible 



as smooth upstanding ridges, of which only tlito 

 infero -lateral keels on the third and fourth are at 

 most indistinctly crenulate. 



a. Trunk banded bkck and yellow ; hand m both: 



sexes without crests and entirely smooth : 

 posterior surface and posterior inferior crest of 

 brachium, as well as lower surface of vesicle, 

 punctured, not granular subcrtsiaftis, sp. it, 



b. Trunk not banded; hand distinctly crested, the 



inner crests gxanular ; posterior surface and 

 posterior inferior crest on brachium, as Avell as 

 lower side of vesicle, granular cristhnnnus, sp. n. 



3. Inferior and infero-lateral caudal keels developed 



and granular, sometimes the D>edians on segments 

 1-2 smooth ; hand and brachium usually crested 

 and granular. 



a. Inferior and lateral intercarinal spaces of tail 



coarsely and closely granular ; tail short and 



robust ; distinctly variegated granulatns, sp. a. 



b. Inferior and lateral intercarinal space.? either 



smooth or at most marked witli a few gi-anules. 



a^. Of small size (20-25 mm.) ; pectinal teeth 



11-12 ; distinctly variegated above and on 



the legs ; also the coxfe, pectiues, and sterna 



diversified with blackish spots pusillua, sp. n. 



h^. Larger size, adults not less than about 45 mm.; 



pectinal teeth not less than 15 ; palpi and 



legs not distinctly variegated ; lower surface 



of trunk without fuscous spots. 



a^. Lateral intercarinal spaces of tail without 



granules ; upper keel of fourth without 



enlarged terminal denticle ; hand in $ not 



crested nor granular crassimanus, sp. n. 



i^. Lateral intercarinal spaces of tail granular ; 

 upper keel of fourth with terminal denticle 

 much enlarged ; hand in $ crested and 

 granular mezicanut, Koch. 



