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7. Corm. ambiguus, (in sicco) fulvus, capite antennis mandibulis labioque femigineis, pedi- 



bus flavis ; postremis subangustatls : articulo femorali convexo spinulis 3 acutis nigris 

 in margine interno : superficie inferiore spinis 4 in margine externo totidemque in in- 

 terno. — Long. unc. 2|. 



Scolopendra ambigua, Brandt, I. c, p. 63. sp. 9? 



Hab. In Africa Australi, D, A. Smith, {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



In Dr. Smith's specimen the cephalic segment is cordate, quadrate, with the basilar seg- 

 ment large ; dental plates quadrate ; teeth eight, black, distinct ; femoral joint of the 

 posterior pair of legs with three black spinulae on the superior internal margin, the two 

 anterior of which are subapproximated, the apical one acute. Inferior surface with four 

 Spinulae on the external margin, arranged in a double approximated series, and four in 

 a single series on the internal margin and surface, forming a series of five with the 

 apical spine. Lateral appendages subobtuse, deeply punctured, ferruginous, with two 

 short spinulae. Preanal scale elongated, tetragonal, with the posterior margin shghtly 

 rounded. 



This species was brought from Southern Africa by Dr. A. Smith. It appears 

 to be the Scolopendra ambigua of M. Brandt, although I have still a slight 

 doubt, as the form of the cephalic segment has not been described by that 

 distinguished naturalist. 



8. ? Corm. miniatus, capite mandibulis labio pedibus totis segmento posteriore appendici- 



busque miniatis, antennis caeruleis, corpore olivaceo, segmentorum marginibus saturate 

 viridibus, pedibus postremis spinulis 3 in margine superiore interno 5que in supei-ficie 

 inferiore. — Long. unc. 2^. 

 Hab. In Nova HoUandia, prope Adelaide, (v. in Mus. Brit.) 



This species so closely resembles the following in every particular of struc- 

 ture, although not in colour, that I have some doubt whether it is other than 

 a variety. Consequently I have described it with a query. 



9. Corm. subminiatus, capite mandibulis labio segmento postremo pedibusque miniatis, cor- 



pore depresso flavo, segmentorum marginibus viridibus, dentibus 6 brevibus obtusis, 

 spinulis in superficie interna inferiorique 6 in seriebus 2 divergentibus dispositis. — 

 Long. unc. 2\ — 3|. 



Scolopendra subminiata, Newp. I. c. p. 1 00. sp. 46. 



Hab. In Nova HoUandia, ad fluvium Cygnorum. {v. in Mus. Brit., Soc. Linn., D. Hope.) 



In Mr. Hope's specimen the femora of the whole of the legs, excepting those of the poste» 

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