i56 Christmas Island. 



Family CAMBALID^. 

 3. lulomorpha exocoeti (Poc). 



Spirostreptus {Xodopyge) exocwti, Poeock : P.Z.S., 18S8, p. 560. 



Many specimens taken in and above Flying Fish Cove by 

 Mr. Lister and Mr. Andrews. 



The anterior legs in the ^ of this species are five- jointed, not 

 fonr jointed, as in the species described by Porat. 



Class ARACHNIDA. 



Order SCORPIONES. 



Family ISCHA^IJRID^. 



1. Hormurus australasias (Fabr.). 



Scorpio australasice, Fabr. : Syst. Ent., p. o09. 



Collected by Captain Maclear and Mr. Andrews. "Always 

 found under the bark of fallen tree tnmks." 



Abundantly distributed from Eurma and Siam to the Polynesian 

 Islands. 



Order PSEUDOSCORPIONES. 



Family CHELIFEEID^. 

 2. Trachychernes claviger (Thor.). 



Chelifer claviger, Thorell : Ann. Mus. Geneva, 1889, xxvii, p. 591, pi. v, 

 figs, ba, h. 



A single example of this or of a closely allied species taken 

 under the bark of a decaying tree above Flying Fish Cove. 

 C. claviger was originally recorded from Bhamo in Bunna. 



3. Chelifer javanus, Thorell. 



Ann. Mus. Geuova, 18S2, xviii, p. 37, pi. v, figs. 20-22. 



A single specimen, apparently identical with C. javanus, Thorell, 

 taken on the north coast of the island. 



4. Chelifer murrayi, sp.n. (PI. XYI, Figs. 1, \a.) 



Colour tolerably uniform chestnut-brown, with paler legs. 



Carapace entirely covered with line granulation ; sides of its 

 posterior portion nearly straight and parallel, of its anterior portion 

 somewhat abruptly converging in front ; cephalic or anterior portion 

 subglobose posteriorly, defined by a deep transverse sulcus, the 

 external edges of which curve forwards above the lateral margin ; 

 ocelliform spots large and distinct, a row of six simple bristles along 



