]58 SCORPIO EUROPjEUS. 



SCORPIO AUSTRALIS.— African Scorpion. 



Spec. Char. Pecten with thirty-two teeth ; hands 

 smooth, elongated and red ; claws filiform ; under 

 the sting a pointed process. 



Scorpio Artstralis ; Lin. Fabr.; Hcrbst. t.6, f. I. 



This species inhabits Africa. The body is brown \ the legs are 

 reddish ; the hands long, smooth, rufous, and furnished with fili- 

 form claws. 



SCORPIO CARPATHICUS.— Carpathian Scorpion. 



Spec. Char. Pecten with eighteen teeth ; hands an- 

 gular ; tail mucronated heneath the sting. 



** Eyes six in number. 



Scorpio Europaeus, Lin. Fabr. S. Carpathicus, Latr. S. Gennaniciis, Ilerbst. 



Habitat unknown ; but Latreille says it is an extra-European 

 species. 



SCORPIO EUROPOEUS.— European Scorpio?!. 



Spec. Char. Pectens with nine teeth ; hands some- 

 what heart-shaped, angular ; wrists unidentatc ; body 

 obscure brown ; legs and last joint of the tail brownish 

 yellow. 



Scorpio Europams; Latr. Gen. Cruit. it Ins. i. p. 131 3 Fillers, Entom. iv. t. 2. 

 f. 11. 



This species inhabits the south of Europe, and is common in many 

 parts of Italy, in neglected places under stones, and in houses. It 

 is of an obscure brown colour, and usually measures somewhat 

 more than an inch in length, from the head to the setting on of 

 the tail. Its sting is painful, producing considerable inflammation 



