PSEUDOSCORPIONS OF THE GUIXEA COAST 2o5 



To Balzan's description I shall add: 



The coxa of the palps, in both sexes, glossy, in the male 

 strongly granulated in the anterior part, in the female more 

 dispersedly granulated or nearly smooth. The palps are, as also 

 indicated by Balzan, granulated, but the granulation of the hand 

 is sometimes very feeble, particularly on the lower surface; in 

 general, the palps (except the fingers) are opac^ue, but the hand 

 may be glossy on the whole surface or on some parts, as may 

 also be the other articles. 



But the most significant fact, as it seems quite overlooked by 

 Balzan, is a peculiarity, found on the lower side of the abdomen 

 of the males, a peculiarity becoming thus a good sexual character 

 for the males and a good specific character for the males of this 

 and some other species. On six sternites (except the two last ones) 

 there are transversal areas covered with very short and thick 

 bristles, sitting close together. These areas are extending along 

 the hinder margin of each sternite, broadest in the middle, nearly 

 reaching the front margin of the sternite, narrowing towards the 

 sides, but stop before reaching the lateral margin of the sternite; 

 of course, the areas, like the sternites, are interrupted by the 

 longitudinal line. Besides these bristled areas the rows of common, 

 long and pointed hairs along the hinder margins of the sternites 

 are present. 



The specimens are, in general, small, a female with eggs was 

 scarcely 3 mm. in length. 



Localities. Isl. of Capo Verde: Brava 22 specimens, 13 cf , 9 Q; 

 S. Thiago: Orgaos Grandes 1 specimen 9; S. Nicolao 1 specimen gT. 

 Portuguese Guinea: Bissau 1 specimen ef ; Rio Cassine 1 specimen 

 gT; Bolama 6 specimens cf . S. Thome: Ribeira Palma 1 specimen 

 cf. Fernando Po: Punta Frailes 1 specimen cf. 



I feel convinced, that Ch. madagascarensis , described from 

 Madagascar, must be referred to this species ; they are resembling 

 each other in all essential particulars, particularly in the bristly 

 areas of the sternites of the males, placed on the same somites 

 and of the same shape. Ch, tenuimanus Balzan, from Nossi-bé, 

 is much allied to and perhaps only a variety of Ch. Simoni, 



