420 Mr. Newport on the Class Myriapoda, Order Cliilopoda. 



Scolopendra rubriceps, Newp. I. c. p. 99 ; et in Dieffenb. New Zeal, ii. p. 270. 

 Hab. In Nova Zealandia, Dieffenbach. {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



Cephalic segment dark red, minutely punctured, and deeply emarginated. Mandibular tooth 

 and dental plates large ; teeth eight, acute, large and projecting. Antennae reddish olive, 

 very finely pubescent ; body dark brown, polished, somewhat flattened, with the margins 

 produced, and the second, third and fourth segments narrowed, those of the posterior 

 half of the body dilated ; legs moderate, reddish olive, with the basilar joint of the pos- 

 terior pair a little elongated, subconvex, with the external margin rounded; internal 

 margin rounded, with three spines, the posterior angular one large, bifid ; interior and 

 inferior surfaces rounded, with three sharp spines disposed on an elevated ridge on the 

 external surface, passing diagonally outwards ; and four spines on a similar ridge, di- 

 rected obliquely backwards and inwards on the inner surface, the last of which is 

 situated at the base of the angular spine of the superior margin. Lateral anal appen- 

 dages brown, with the apex light-coloured and bifid. Preanal scale four-sided, elon- 

 gate, narrowed posteriorly, with a longitudinal median sulcus ; posterior margin 

 straight. 



2. Corm. lobidens, saturate castaneus, antennis pedibus ventreque laete flavis, margine dentali 



angustissimo ; dentibus utrinque in lobos 2 acutos extus basi lobulatos coalitis, pedibus 

 postremis cylindricis elongatis gracilibus in margine interiore 5-spinulosis : spinul^ 

 angular! bifida. — Long, exsiccat. unc. 8. 



Scolopendra lobidens, Newp. I. c. p. 99. 



Hab. ? {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



Basilar segment and mandibles very large and projecting ; labium convex, deep red, tipped 

 with black ; teeth united on each side into two subtriangular, obtuse lobes, each with 

 a smaller lobule external to its base ; the anterior margin of each dorsal plate rounded, 

 vnth an elevated border ; basilar joint of the posterior pair of legs rounded, and nar- 

 rowed in the middle, but enlarged at their distal articulation ; superior internal margin 

 with four minute spines, the second and third approximated at their base ; the angular 

 process bifid ; interior surface with one or two minute spines ; inferior surface convex, 

 with three minute teeth arranged in a single longitudinal series. Preanal scale elon- 

 gate, almost triangular, with the posterior margin straight, 



B. Pedes postremi breves, crassi, clavati. 



3. Corm. aurantiipes, olivaceus, pedibus aurantiacis, laminis dentalibus angustatis; denti- 



bus 6 brevibus obtusis, pedum postremorum articulo basali convexo porca elevata 

 mediana diagonali ; margine interno acuto spinulis 3 quarum angulari bifida ; su- 



