882 MB. R. I. POCOCK ON SCORPIONS, PEDIPALPS, [No7. 14, 



the legs jet-black. Abdonieu variegated ; upperside yellow, with 

 three pairs of large black patches, the anterior pair united by a 

 narrow bridge, the third pair the smallest and triangular ; these 

 are followed by a transversely crescentic black stripe, the concavity 

 of which is posterior; behind this are two median black spots, 

 one behind the other ; on each side of the abdomen is a broad black 

 stripe, which unites with its fellow of the opposite side above the 

 pedicel in front and stops short some little distance above the 

 spinners behind ; spinners black, with a dorsally incomplete black 

 ring around them ; the ring is connected in the middle Hue below 

 with a pair o£ broad black stripes, which unite posteriorly, are 

 separated by a narrow median yellow stripe, and extend from 

 the epigastric fold to the posterior third of the lower side of the 

 abdomen ; region of vulva and lung-books brown, darker mesially. 



CaraiMce as wide as long, strongly convex ; cephalic area sloped 

 downwards and forv\ ards ; its total length about equal to tibia of 

 1st leg and to patella and tibia of 4th. Eyes of anterior and 

 posterior lines distinctly recurved when viewed from above; distance 

 between anterior and posterior medians equal to that between 

 anterior and posterior laterals; distance between posterior medians 

 greater than that between posterior median and lateral on each 

 side; distance between anterior medians less than between median 

 and lateral on each side ; ocular quadrangle much wider than 

 long, much narroived in front, the distance between the posterior 

 medians at least one third greater than that between the anterior 

 medians. 



Legs long ; 1st leg about four times as long as carapace ; tarsi 

 of 1st and 2nd with thick apical scopula ; protarsi and tarsi of 

 3rd and 4th also scopulate ; tibiae and protarsi of 1st and 2nd not 

 visibly spined beneath. 



Abdomen voluminous, not quite twice as long as wide, broadest 

 just behind the middle, rounded in front, narrowed and somewhat 

 pointed behind. 



Measurements in millimetres. — Total length 17; length of carapace 

 5-5, of 1st leg 22-5, 2nd leg 21, 3rd leg 12, 4th leg 14'0 ; length of 

 abdomen 12, width 8*3. 



Loc. Benito Eiver {G. L. Bates). A single $ example. 



Platythomisus insignis, sp. n. (Plate LVIII. fig. 33.) 



2 . Colour. Carapace orange-yellow, with a narrow black rim, 

 incomplete behind but complete along the clypeus ; ocular area 

 involved in a broadish transverse black stripe; mandibles yellow, 

 broadly black externally and apically, maxillae and labium yellow, 

 tlie latter infuscate marginally, the former internally at the apex ; 

 sternum yellow, with anteriorly and posteriorly incomplete median 

 black line ; palpi yellow, tip of tarsus blackish ; legs coloured as in 

 nigriceps, but with more black at the distal half of the femora. 

 Abdomen mostly yellow, the upperside with three pairs of black 

 patches, the posterior pair small and followed by a small median 

 black spot ; anterior surface of abdomen with a broad transverse 



