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The African Scorpion, {Afer. Lin., Fab.) Roes., Insect. 

 3. Ixv. ; Herbst., Monog., Scorp. 1.; five or six inches long ; 

 of a blackish brown, with the talons large, heart-formed, very 

 much shagreened, and a little hairy. Anterior edge of the' 

 corslet strongly emarginated ; thirteen teeth on each comb. 

 Of the East Indies, Ceylon, &c. 



The reddish Scorpion, {Occitanus, Amor.) Tunitanus, 

 Herbst, Monog. Scorp. iii. 3. ; Biithus occitanus, Leach. 

 Zool. Misc. cxliii. Yellowish or reddish ; tail a little longer 

 than the body, with raised and finely crenulated lines. 

 Twenty-eight teeth and upwards (52 — 65. Maccary) in each 

 comb. South of Europe, Barbary, and very common in 

 Spain. 



The others have but six eyes, and compose the ^enus Scorpio , 

 proper, of the same naturalist. 



The Scorpion of Europe, {Europceus, Lin., Fab.) Brown, 

 more or less deep ; feet, and last articulation of the tail, of a 

 more clear or yellowish brown ; claws heart-formed, and 

 angular ; nine teeth in each comb. The most southern and 

 eastern departments of France. 



