156 Christmas Island. 



Family CAMBALIDJE. 

 3. lulomorpha exocoeti (Poc.)- 



Spirostrcptus [Xodopyge) exocceti, Pocouk : P.Z.vS., 18S8, p. 560. 



Many specimens taken in and above Flying Fish Cove by 

 Mr. Lister and Mr. Andi'ews. 



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

 four jointed, as in the species described by Porat. 



Class ARACHNIDA. 



Order SCORPIONES. 



Family ISCHNrPID.E. 



1. Hormurus australasise (Fabr.). 



Scorpio australasim. Fabr. : Syst. Ent., p. 309. 



Collected by Captain Maclear and Mr. Andi'ews. "Always 

 found under the bark of fallen tree tninks." 



Abundantly distiibuted from Burma and Siam to the Polynesian 

 Islands. 



Order PSEUDOSCORPIONES. 



Family CHELIFERID^. 

 2. Trachychernes claviger (Thor.). 



Chelifcr clavigcr, Thorell : Ann. Mus. Genova, 1889, xxvii, p. o91, pi. v, 

 figs. 5«, b. 



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 fi'om Phamo in Bunna. 



3. Chelifer javanus, Thorell. 



Ann. Mus. Genova, 1882, xviii, p. 37, pi. v, figs. 20-22. 



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

 taken on the north coast of the island. 



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



Colour tolerably uniform chestnut-brown, withlijialcr legs. 



Carapace entirely covered with fine 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 deei^ 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 



