The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Arachnida / by R.I. Pocock.

Date:
1900
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Arachnida / by R.I. Pocock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B, alticola, y. 2]. Ilaud smooth, not granular; sterna, except the last, smooth ; median and posterior keels of carapace not forming a continuous uiibrolseu crest. Brachium of chela with two distinct keels on the upper side. a'. Carapace and terga, except the last, blackish green ; posterior end of tail not darker than the rest; hands yellow b'. Median portion of terga and cara- pace blackish green, lateral por- tions yellow; posterior end of tail deep brown, much darker than anterior portion; hands and lingers, excepting their tips, black. B. nigrifrons, p. 22. Brachium not crested above, or fur- nished merely with a weak crest in front. a*. Tail thinner, 2nd and 3rd segments usually distinctly longer than wide ; total length of adult from about 65 to over 80 mm. ; pectinal teeth from as low as 28 (2) up to 39 (c?) ¥. Tail thicker, 2nd segment as broad or broader than long, 3rd almost as broad or broader than long: total length of adult less than 60 mm., average about 50 ; pectinal teeth from 18 ( $ ) up to 29 (J ). a'. Tail thinner; movable finger longer, as long as carapace, fur- nished with 14-15 rows of teeth as in tamulus; pectinal teeth 23-24 (2), 24-26 (c?) b . Tail thicker; movable finger shorter, with 12 rows of teeth; pectinal teeth 18-24. «'°. Colour yellowish brown to blackish on body; legs, ehelffi, and tail never dark B. ruaiscutis, p. 26. 6'°. Colour black, blackish green, or very deep brown on body and limbs £_ pachyurus, p. 27. B. tamulus, p. 23 B. hendersoni, p. 26. 1. Buthus austrahs, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x, i, p. 625, 1758 (Scorpio); Lonnbery,A. M. N. H. (7) i, pp. 87-88 (Androctonus) • priamus a°foh;^'',f'''^- ^^^9 (Androctonus) : hector, id. ibid, vi p. 6, 1839 (Androctonus) : australis priamus, Pocock, Journ. Linn Soc, f ^xv p. 305 1895 (Prionurusj ; Kracp. Tier,:, Scorj,. etc. p. 15, 1899 (Buthus). ^ hoc. Algeria and Tunisia (of typical form); Egypt; Syria.