1899.] AND SPIDERS rROM TROPICAL WEST AFRICA. 837 



Genus Opisthacanthus Pet. 



Opisthacanthus lecomtei (Lucas). 



Ischnuras lecomtei, Lucas, in Thomson's Arch. Ent. ii. p. 428 

 (1858). 



Op istJi acanthus duodecim-dentatus, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. xxx. 

 p. 79 (1886). 



[See also Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xii. p. 318 (1893) ; 

 Kraep. Das Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 149 (1.899).] 



Loc. Benito River ((?. L. Bates). 



This species was not represenfed in the British Museum until 

 Mr. Bates procured it. 



Opisthacanthus africanus Simon. 



Opisthacanthus africanus, Simon, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. i. p. 221 

 (1876). 



Opisthacanthus septem-dentatus, Karsch, Z. Naturw. li. p. 372 

 (1878). 



[See also Pocock, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xii. p. 316 (1893) ; Kraep. 

 Das Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 149 (1899).] 



Loc. Guinea (in Kejserling's Coll.) ; Cette-Camma, Gaboon 

 {Gerrard)\ Congo {A. Curror, Esq., R.N., J. PiimocJc) ; Stanley 

 Palls, Congo (Gerrard), 



Order PEDIPALPI. 

 Genus Titakodamon Poc. 



TiTANODAMON BASSAMENSIS (Lucas). 



■? Phalangium medium, Herbst, Nat, ungefliigelt. Ins. i. p. 77, 

 pi. iv. fig. 1 (1797). 



Phrynus hassamensis, Lucas, Arch. Ent. ii. p. 434 (1858). 



Phrynus kochii and P. granulosus, Butl. Ann. Nat, Hist. (4) xii. 

 pp. 120-122 (1873). 



Phrynus savatieri, Eochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) viii. p. 28 

 (1884). 



Titanodamon hassamensis, Poc. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiv, 

 p. 290 (1894). 



Damon medius (Herbst), Kraepelin, Das. Tierr., Scorpiones, 

 p. 238 (1899). 



Loc. Sierra Leone {H. 0. Hart, Surg.-Capt. Clements, C. M. 

 Mkford, &c.) ; Dixcove in Ashanti {B. Frend) ; Cape Coast Castle 

 {J. P. Broivn); Asaba, 180 miles up Niger {Dr. Crosse); Gold 

 Coast; Wegbe in the Ho district, Togoland ( W. G. Innes); Jebba on 

 the Upper Niger {Dr. Christy) ; Cameroons {Capt. Burton). 



TiTAIfODAMON JOHNSTONI PoC. 



Titanodamon johnstoni, Poc. Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist. (6) xiv. 

 p. 291, pi, viii, figs. 2-2 6, 



