26 PERIPATUS 



CHAP. I 



PERIPATUS FROM HOORUBEA CREEK, DEMERARA (Quelch). With thirty 

 pairs of legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM MARAJO (Branner). No details. 



PERIPATUS FROM UTUADO, PORTO Rico (Peters). With twenty-seven, 

 thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two pairs of legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM SURINAM (Peters). No details. 



PERIPATQS FROM PUERTO CABELLO, VENEZUELA (Peters). With thirty 

 and thirty-two pairs of legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM LAGUAYRA, VENEZUELA (Peters). No details. 



PERIPATUS QUITENSIS (Schmarda). From Quito, with thirty-six pairs 

 of legs. 



PERIPATUS FROM SUMATRA (?).) 



P. SUMATRANUS (Horst). Peripatus from Sumatra, with twenty-four 

 pairs of ambulatory legs, and four spinous pads on the legs. The primary 

 papillae of the neotropical character with conical bases. Generative opening 

 between the legs of the penultimate pair. Feet with only two papillae. 1 



SUMMAKY 'OF DISTRIBUTION 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES 



Slopes of Table Mountain, neighbourhood of Williamstown, Plettenberg 

 Bay Cape Colony Natal. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE AUSTRALASIAN SPECIES 

 Queensland Australia. 

 North and South Islands New Zealand. 



ORIENTAL REGION (?) 

 Sumatra. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEOTROPICAL SPECIES 

 Nicaragua. 

 Valencia Lake, Caracas, Puerto Cabello, Laguayra, Coloiiia Towar 



Venezuela. 

 Quito -Ecuador. 



Maccasseema, Hoorubea Creek Demerara. 

 Surinam (Peters). 

 Cayenne. 



Santarem, Marajo, at the mouth of the Amazon Brazil. 

 Chili. 



And in the following West Indian Islands Cuba, Dominica, Porto Rico 

 (Peters), Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Trinidad. 



1 The existence of tins species is very doubtful. The description of it was taken 

 from a single specimen. The evidence that this specimen was actually found in 

 Sumatra is not conclusive. 



