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the legs of the penultimate pair. Dorsal white line absent. Primary 

 papillae divided into two portions. Inner blade of jaw with gap between 

 the first minor tooth and the rest. Oviducts provided with receptacula 

 ovorum and seminis. Unpaired part of vas deferens very long and compli- 

 cated. Ova minute, without food-yolk. (Colour fairly constant, number of 

 legs variable in same species (?).) 



P. EowARDSii. 1 Neotropical Peripatus from Caracas, with a variable 

 number of ambulatory legs (twenty-nine to thirty -four). Males with 

 twenty-nine or thirty legs, and tubercles on a varying number of the posterior 

 legs. The basal part or the primary papilla is cylindrical. 



P. TRINIDADENSIS (n. sp.). Neotropical Peripatus from Trinidad, with 

 twenty-eight to thirty -one pairs of ambulatory legs, and a large number of 

 teeth on the inner blade of the jaw. The basal portion of the primary 

 papillae is conical. 



P. TORQUATUS (Kennel). Neotropical Peripatus from Trinidad, with 

 forty-one to forty-two pairs of ambulatory legs. With a transversely placed 

 bright yellow band on the dorsal surface behind the head. 



Doubtful Species. 



The above are probably distinct species. Of the remainder we do not 

 know enough to say whether they are distinct species or not. The following 

 is a list of these doubtful species, with localities and principal characters : 



P. JULIFORMIS (Guilding). Neotropical Peripatus from St. Vincent, with 

 thirty-three pairs of ambulatory legs. 



P. CHILIENSIS (Gay). Neotropical Peripatus from Chili, with nineteen 

 pairs of ambulatory legs. 



P. DEMERARANUS (Sclater). Neotropical Peripatus from Maccasseeina, 

 Demerara, with twenty-seven to thirty-one pairs of ambulatory legs and 

 conical primary papillae. 



PERIPATUS FROM CAYENNE (Audouin and Milne-Edwards). With thirty 

 pairs of legs. Named P. EDWARDSII by Blanchard. 



PERIPATUS FROM VALENTIA LAKE, COLUMBIA (Wiegmann). With thirty 

 pairs of legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM ST. THOMAS (Moritz). No description. 



PERIPATUS FROM COLONIA TOWAR, VENEZUELA (Grube). With twenty- 

 nine to thirty-one pairs of ambulatory legs. Named P. EDWARDSII by Grube. 



PERIPATUS FROM SANTO DOMINGO, NICARAGUA (Belt). With thirty-one 

 pairs of ambulatory legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM DOMINICA (Angas). Neotropical Peripatus, with twenty- 

 six to thirty (Pollard) pairs of ambulatory legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM JAMAICA (Gosse). -With thirty -one and thirty-seven 

 pairs of ambulatory legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM SANTARAM. Neotropical Peripatus, with thirty-one 

 pairs of ambulatory legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM CUBA. No details. 



1 This name was first applied by Blanchard to a species from Cayenne. The 

 description, however, is very imperfect, and it is by no means clear that the Cayenne 

 species is identical with the species here named Edwardsii. 



