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Show 836 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON SCORPIONS, PEDIPALPS, [Nov. 14, Genus CENTRURUS (Hempr. & Ehrenb.), Pet. CENTRURUS MARGARITATUS (GerV.). Scorpio margaritatus, Gerv. Voy de la Bonite, i. p. 281, pl. 1. figs. 13-17 (1841). Centrurus gambiensis, Karsch, M T . Munch, ent. Ver. iii. p. 123 (1879). Loc. Sierra Leone (Surg.-Capt. Clements) ; recorded by Karsch from Gambia. Undoubtedly imported from America; perhaps from Jamaica, where the species is common. Genus PANDINUS Thor. PANDINUS IMPERATOR (C. Koch). Buthus imperator, C. Koch, Die Arachniden, ix. p. 2, fig. 695 (1842). Pandinus imperator, Kraep. Das Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 122 (1899). (= roeseli, Simon; africanus, Linn., Thor., Poc, Kraep.) Loc. Slave Coast (Alvan Millson); Gold Coast (Col. Sir F. Festing); Fanti (Capt. Marryat); Ashanti ( W. H. Adams) ; 80 miles inland of Axim (H. G. Eames) ; Onitsha on the Niger (Sir J. Marshall) ; Asaba, 180 miles up the Niger (Dr. Crosse); Jebba and Ilo, on the Upper Niger (Dr. Christy, Capt. Rigby, aud Lieut. Abadie) Wegbe, Ho district, Togoland (W. G. Lnnes) ; Fernando Po (Mrs. Burton and Capt. Birch). PANDINUS IMPERATOR (C. Koch), subsp. GAMBIENSIS nov. ? Heterometrus imperator (C. Koch), Simon, Bev. Mag. Zool. 1872, p. 55 ; Becker, Ann. Soc ent. Belg. xxiv. pp. 137-140 (1880). Differing from fhe more southern form of P. imperator typicus in having the carapace entirely covered with granules, the terga much more closely and thickly granular, and the ornamentation of the upper surface of the hand much more distinctly tubercular, the tubercles remaining for the most part distinct and not running together into a network of ridges. Pectinal teeth 16-18. Total length up to about 155 mm. Loc. Gambia (Sir A. Moloney; type) ; also several specimens from Senegal (Heine). PANDINUS DICTATOR Poc. Scorpio dictator, Poc Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) ii. p. 251 (1888) Kraep. M T. Mus.Hamb.xi. p. 70(1894); id. Das Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 123 (1899). Loc. W . Africa (no history): Fernando Po (Capt. Birch ; type) ; mouth of the Loango Biver (H. L. Duggan). |
