PSEUDOSCORPIOXS OF THE GUINEA COAST 



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Palps about as long as the body, but abdomen is much con- 

 tracted. Coxa somewhat glossy and slightly granulated. The very 

 palps are slightl}^ glossy or even nearly opaque, very coarsely 

 granulated round about and everywhere, except the fingers. The 

 hairs of the palps are moderately long, thick and distally somewhat 

 denta ted, growing gradually pointed towards the extremity, as 

 they are on the fingers. — Trochanter stalked, the stalk excepted 

 about as long as broad, the inner side moderately convex, Ijehind 

 on the upper and the lower edge with a strong, rounded protu- 

 berance in each place. Femur short and robust, with a short and 

 strong stalk, the inner side in the proximal part slightly convex, 

 in the distal part slightly concave, behind strongly and rather 

 al)ruptly widened from the stalk, the outer margin very slightly 

 convex or nearly straight, a little rounded next to the extremity, 

 in all femur is nearly parallelsided and only slightly narrowing 

 towards the extremity. Tibia with a rather long and curved stalk, 

 a little shorter and considerably broader than femur, the inner 

 side regularly and strongly convex, rather swelled, next to the 

 extremity slightly sinuated; behind, the curvation of the stalk 

 excepted, in the greatest part nearly straight, somewhat convex 

 near the extremity. Hand with a short stalk, a little Ijroader than 

 tibia, with obliquely truncated ])ase , tlie inner and outer sides, 

 seen from above, nearly straight, gradually narrowing to the 

 fingers. Fingers robust, somewhat curved and much shorter than 

 tlie hand. 



Mandibles: galea (in cT) very tiny and pointed, with no teeth. 

 Tlie male only is know^n. 



Legs: the hairs of the legs thick, slightly dentated distally. 

 The femora of the two posterior pairs of legs roljust and Inroad. 

 Claws simple. 



Length ca. 3 mm, i)ut aixlomen is much contracted. 



Measurements: cephalothorax : long. 1,17; lat. 0,86. Femur: 

 long. 0,90; lat. 0,34. Tibia: long. 0,80; lat. 0,43. Hand: long. 0,92; 

 lat. 0,47. Fingers: long. 0,57 mm. 



Locality. Portuguese Guinea : Bolama 5 specimens gT • 



Famil\' Feaellidae nov. 



Abdomen: the upper side provided with 10 tergites, the lower 

 side with 9 sternites, the anus somite being entirely placed on 



