COLLECTED IK THE HADEAMAFT, SOUTH ARABIA. 



299 



compressed margins, their apex not covered by the caudal 

 process ; sternum triangular. 



Legs with a double row of setae on the lower surface of tlie 

 patella, tibia, and tarsus, these spiuiform on the tarsus, a single 

 row of setsB on the other segments ; coxa and trochanter hairj 

 above at the distal end ; the upper side of these two segiuents 

 distinctly carinate. 



Spirostreptus arabs. 



A. Head of cJ . B. Head of 5 . 0. Tail of cj . D. Anterior aspect of 



copulatory apparatus. 



Number of segments, 66. Length about 140 mm. 



(S . Thinner than $ ; the lower half of the head smoother; lateral 

 portion of the 1st tergite more strongly produced, cf. fig. In 

 the anterior half of the body the patellae and tibiae of the legs 

 distinctly padded distally, the pads becoming less and less distinct 

 towards the anal end of the body. Copulatory foot as in figure. 



Log. Hadramaut. A large number of specimens. 



Supplementary Note upon the Scorpions obtained in Egypt 



and the Soudan by Dr. John Andeeson, F.E.S. 

 BuTHirs eueop^us (Linn.). 

 Log. Mersa Matroo, Eamleh, Duroor. 



Buthus quinquesteiatus {Hempr. Sf Elirenh.). 



Androctonus(Leiurus) quinquestriatus [Hempr. ^ Ehrenb.), Verh. nat. 

 Fr. Berlin, i. p. 353 (1829) ; iid. Symb. Phys., Scorp. pi. i. fig. 5 ; and of 

 all authors. 



A large number of examples from the following localities : — 

 Suez, E.as Grharib, Amarna, Payum, Abbasiyeh, and Assouan. 



BuTHtrs LEPTOCHELrs {Sempr. ^ JEhrenh.). 



Androctonus (Leiurus) leptochelys, Hempr. Sf Ehrenb., Verh. nat. 

 Freunde Berlin, i. p. 355 (1829) ; Symb. Phys., Scorpiones, no. 3. 



