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A new species, Chaerilus mainlingensis sp. nov., is described from Xizang in China. The present new species is distinguished from the congeners by chela with width/length ratio more than 2.4, seven rows of denticles on fixed and movable fingers of pedipalp chelae, three or four pectinal teeth in females, and almost smooth teguments of the seventh sternite and all of the metasomal segments.

Scorpiops lhasa sp. n., from China Xizang (Lhasa) is described. S. lhasa is small in size with respect to other species in the genus; external trichobothria on the patella number 17 (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et) and ventral trichobothria on the patella number 10 (11 rarely); pedipalp fingers in both sexes are curved; chela narrow and elongated, the ratio between length and width is above 2.6.