PSEUDOSCORPIONS OF THE GUINEA COAST 



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(or slightly granulated), divided longitudinally except the last one, 

 with rows of hairs like those of cephalothorax, but a little longer, 

 on the last somite a couple of longer ones intermixed. The ster- 

 nites very glossy, slightly shagreened, divided longitudinally except 

 the last one, with pointed, rather long hairs. 



Palps about as long as the body, moderately robust. Coxa 

 smooth and glossy. Of the other articles the upper side of tro- 

 chanter , the inner and the upper side of femur and tibia have 

 some low granules, decreasing in strength forwards, hand above 

 slightly shagreened, somewhat glossy; the rest of the palps is 

 quite smooth and very glossy. The hairs of the palps are rather 

 long, thick, distinctly dentated. — Trochanter stalked, little longer 

 than wide, the inner side strongly convex, behind slightly convex, 

 above with a protuberance. Femur stalked, the inner side nearly 

 straight, only very slightly sinuated near the extremity, behind 

 widened from the base, the outer contour slightly and evenly 

 convex, in all little narrowing towards the extremity. Tiljia with 

 a rather long stalk, a little shorter and scarcely broader than 

 femur, rather regularly elongate-oblong, both sides about equally 

 and moderately convex, on the inner side a little sinuated next 

 to the extremity. Hand with a short stalk, somewhat broader 

 than tibia, with nearly regularly rounded base, laterally seen 

 subglobose, from above rather regularly oblong, about equally 

 convex on the inner and the outer side, rapidly narrowing towards 

 the fingers. Fingers a little longer than the hand, both of them 

 slightly curved in the horizontal plane; in the vertical plane the 

 fixed finger is slightly curved and the moveable one strongly 

 curved outwards , thus making a broad opening between them , 

 when the fingers are shut in the extremity. 



Mandibles: galea short and strong, in the extremity and along 

 the distal half with some short teeth. 



Legs with hairs like those of tlie tergites; the femora of the 

 two posterior pairs of legs broader than those of the two anterior 

 ones. Claws simple. 



Length 3 mm. 



Measurements: cephalothorax: long. 0,88; lat. 0,85. Femur: 

 long. 0,72; lat. 0,29. Tibia: long. 0,61; lat. 0,30. Hand: long. 0,58; 

 lat. 0,45. Fingers:, long. 0,64 mm. 



Localities. Portuguese Guinea: Rio Cassine 12 specimens, 3 cf , 



