166 Chridmas Island. 



Pamily CAMBALID^. 

 3. lulomorpha exocoeti (Poc). 



JSpirostreptus {ITodopyge) exocceti, Pocock : P.Z.S., 18S8, p. 560. 



Many specimens taken' in and above Flying rish Cove- by 

 Mr. Lister and Mr. Andrews. 



The anterior legs in tbe ^ of this species are fiye- jointed, not 

 iour- jointed, as in the species described by Porat. 



Class ARACHNIDA. 



Order SCORPIONES. 



Family ISCHNURIDJE. 



1. Hormurus australasise (Pabr.). 



Scorpio aiistralasicB, Fabr. : Syst. Ent., p. 309. 



Collected by Captain Maclear and Mr. Andi'ews. "Always 

 found under the bark of fallen tree trunks." 



Abundantly distributed from Lurma and Siam to the Polynesian 

 Islands. 



Order PSEUDOSCOEPIONES. 



Family CHELIFERIDJE. 

 2. Trachychernes claviger (Thor.). 



CheUfer claviger, Thorell : Ann. Mus. Genova, 1889, xxvii, p. 591, pi. v, 

 figs. 5a, b. 



A single example of this or of a closely allied species taken 

 under the bark of a decaying tree above Flying Fish Cove. 

 C. claviger was originally recorded from Lhamo in Burma. 



3. Chelifer javanus, Thorell. 

 Ann. Mus. Genova, 1SS2, xviii, p. 37, pi. v, figs. 20-22. 



A single specimen, apparently identical with C. javanus, Thorell, 

 taken on the north coast of the island. 



4. Chelifer murrayi, sp.n. (PI. XYI, Figs. 1, \a.) 



Colour tolerably uniform chestnut-brown, with paler legs. 



Carapace entirely covered with fine granulation ; sides of its 

 posterior portion nearly straight and parallel, of its anterior portion 

 somewhat abruptly converging in front ; cephalic or anterior portion 

 subglobose posteriorly, defined by a deep transverse sulcus, the 

 external edges of which curve forwards above the lateral margin ; 

 ocelliform spots large and distinct, a row of six simple bristles along 



