Mello-Leitao — Escorpiões Sul-Americanos 37 
RESUMÉ 
Notes on south-Âmerican Scorpions 
Is described a new species from Rio Grande do Norte: 
Tityus neglectus sp. n. 
5 — 64 mm. 
Carapace brown, with a median fulvous triangle exten- 
ding from the median to lateral eyes. Tergites brown and s remites 
paler; tail brown, regularly darkened from segment III to vesicle, 
which is dark-fulvous ; legs yellow; pedipalps yellow with' ful¬ 
vous fingers; combs greyish-brown. 
Carapace finely granulated, with an anterior area of stron- 
ger and more numerous granules corresponding to the dark trian¬ 
gle and presenting before a transverse band of strong granules 
(one to every stemma). Tergites densely granulated, with a pos¬ 
terior line of strong granules and, on tergites III to VI, a loop 
of anterior concavity of large granules; tergite VII with 4 longi¬ 
tudinal keels, the inner two bifid before, finely granulated, Me¬ 
dian longitudinal keel very accentuated, noticeably on. tergites III 
to VL Sternites densely granulated; V with four longitudinal com¬ 
plete keels, the inner two are continuous with two apical thirds of 
sternite IV. Tail segment I with 8 keels; II with an accessory 
lateral keel on apical half; III and IV with 1 a median and two 
lateral ventral keels; carenal inters paces scarcely granulous; dorsal 
lateral keels with equal teeth, almost obsolete on IV. Vesicle 
granulated with under-aculear tooth strong, presenting two little 
dorsal granules. Comb. with 20 teeth, the intermedian basal la- 
mella strongly dilated, and the basal pieces finely granulated. Pe¬ 
dipalps : femur straight, with five denticulated crests, the ante¬ 
rior one of very uneven teeth’; tibia inflated at basal third, with} 
five crests, the inner one of very strong teeth irregularly sparse 
between the litle denticles; hand with almost obsolet keels, the 
moveable finger longer than hand, with fourteen series of granules. 
