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Show 1899.] AND SPIDERS FROM TROPICAL WEST AFRICA. 837 Genus OPISTHACANTHUS Pet. OPISTHACANTHUS LECOMTEI (Lucas). Ischnurus lecomtei, Lucas, in Thomson's Arch. Ent. ii. p. 428 (1858). Opisthacanthus duodecim-dentatus, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. xxx. p. 79 (1886). [See also Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xii. p. 318 (1893) ; Kraep. Das Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 149 (1.899).] Loc. Benito Biver (G. L. Bates). This species was not represented in the British Museum until Mr. Bates procured it. OPISTHACANTHUS AFRICANUS Simon. Opisthacanthus africanus, Simon, Bull. Soc Zool. Fr. i. p. 221 (1876). Opisthacanthus septem-dentatus, Karsch, Z. Naturw. li. p. 372 (1878). [See also Pocock, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xii. p. 316 (1893); Kraep. Das Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 149 (1899).] Loc. Guinea (in Keyserling's Coll.) ; Cette-Camma, Gaboon (Gen-ard); Congo (A. Curror, Esq., B.N., J. Pinnock); Stanley Falls, Congo (Gerrard). Order PEDIPALPI. Genus TITANODAMON POC TITANODAMON BASSAMENSIS (Lucas). ? Phalangium medium, Herbst, Nat. ungefliigelt. Ins. i. p. 77, pl. iv. fig. 1 (1797). Phrynus bassamensis, Lucas, Arch. Ent. ii. p. 434 (1858). Phrynus kochii and P. granulosus, Butl. Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) xii. pp. 120-122 (1873). Phrynus savatieri, Bochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) viii. p. 28 (1884). Titanodamon bassamensis, Poc. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiv. p. 290 (1894). Damon medius (Herbst), Kraepelin, Das. Tierr., Scorpiones, p. 238 (1899). Loc. Sierra Leone (H. G. Hart, Surg.-Capt. Clements, C. M. Mitford, &c.); Dixcove in Ashanti (B. Frend) ; Cape Coast Castle (J. P. Brown); Asaba, 180 miles up Niger (Dr. Crosse); Gold Coast; Wegbe in the H o district, Togoland (W. G. Lnnes); Jebba on the Upper Niger (Dr. Christy); Cameroons (Capt. Burton). TITANODAMON JOHNSTONI POC. Titanodamon johnstoni, Poc Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiv. p. 291, pl. viii. figs. 2-26. |