62 Mi;. C. v. a. PBBI A> n 0THBE8 OH [Jail. 2.'!, 



1 at one time supposed this species to be the female of the 

 Abyssinian P.beUicosua L. Koch, hut judging by ECraepelin'a recent 

 diagnosis of the latter species (Das Ticrr., Scorpiooes, p. 121, 

 1899), P. militant certainly differs in having the superior caudal 

 keels denticulated, the band finely punctulate above and below, 

 and the last abdominal sternite scarcely visibly crested. 



Synopsis of the Somali Species of Pandinua. 



". Median eves always some distance behind middle of cara- 

 pace ; tarsi more numerously Bpined, the lobes with 3 I 

 spines, total number on lower side of tarsi 1) behind, 

 (i in front. 

 a 1 . Tarsal lobes with 4 spines, a strong spine being on the 

 tip of the lobe; humerus of chela furnished below 



with two short rows of denticles mcidcitstr. 



h l . Tarsal lobe with H strong spines, the spine on the tip 

 smaller and usually filiform distally; humerus of 

 chela smooth below. 

 a 2 . Ornamentation of hand consisting of conical 

 tubercles; inner margin of hand dist inctly tuber- 

 cular and denticulate from base of finger to carpal 

 articulation, width of band greater than length of 



carapace; pectinal teeth 18-21 smUhi. 



h-. Ornamentation of hand consisting of low rounded 

 or irregular shaped, often anastomosing tubercles ; 

 lobe of hand with smooth posterior edge ; length 

 of carapace exceeding width of hand ; pectinal teeth 



15-18 pkulipri. 



b. Median eyes in middle of carapace, rarely a little behind 



the. middle; total number of spiues on tarsi 5 behind. 



3 in front, 2 only being situated on each lobe, the tip of 



which is furnished with bristles. 



a?. Lower surface of all the caudal segments and the 



middle of at least the. last abdominal steruite closely 



granular and not keeled. 



«. 4 . Upper surface of hand from inner edge' to crest 



of underhand uniformly covered with coarse 



granules which do not anastomose ; upper crest 



of brachium distinctly granular colei. 



b\ Dpperside of band coarsely granular only above 



crest of underhand, the rest of its upperside either 



almost smooth or ornamented with low rounded 



tubercles which run into ridges ; upper crest 



of brachium quite smooth. 



(i\ Upperside of hand covered with ornamentation 



of low, more or less anastomosing tub rules; 



its lower surface distinctly granular: hand 



larger, carapace equal to length of underhand 



4- one-third of movable digit, and only as 



long as the hand from the posterior edge «,l 



the lobe to the base of the immovable finger: 



i nmovable finger not twice as long as its basal 



width peeli. 



b . Dpperside of hand smooth, at mosl ornamented 

 with a network of low ridges, lower side very 

 sparsely granular; hand smaller, carapace ai 

 long as underhand -f half the movable linger, 

 and as the hand measured from the posterior 

 edge of the lobe 4- half the immovable finger; 

 immovable finger twice as long as its basal width, hawkeri. 



