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observed in any individuals of S. morsitans. I have examined specimens, 

 both young and adult, collected by Mr. Miers himself in Brazil, which have 

 removed all doubts on the subject of its distinctness as a species. 



6. Scol, bilineata, De Haan. Brandt, I. c. p. 64. 

 Hab. In Insula Java. 



7. Scol. erythrocephala, Brandt, I. c. p. 63. sp. 10. Newp. I. c. p. 9?. 

 Hab. In Insula Java. 



8. Scol. tigrina, flava, capite antennis segmento basilari pedibusque postremis rufis, seg- 



mentorum margine posteriore saturate viridi, pedibus postremis brevibus crassis sub- 

 convexis ; articuli basalis margine exteriore elevato : interno spinis 3 nigris in seriebus 

 alternantibus dispositis. — Long. unc. 5. 

 Hab. In India Orientali, Sultanpore. {v. in Mm. Brit. ^ " United Service.") 



Head subquadrate, cordate ; antennae 19-jointed, blackish at the tips ; basilar segment large, 

 transverse ; mandibular tooth large ; labium convex, smooth, with a longitudinal suture ; 

 dental plates short transverse, thickened ; teeth eight, small, black, obtuse ; posterior 

 pair of legs moderate, first and second joints equal, rather thick, with the superior sur- 

 face flattened, smooth, subconvex ; external margin with a raised border ; internal mar- 

 gin with five spines arranged in two alternating series, the posterior or angular spine 

 large, with the apex quinquefid. Inferior surface rounded, with nine sharp black spi- 

 nulae arranged in three longitudinal series, three in each series, not one of which is 

 parallel to the other. Lateral anal appendages short, deeply punctured, with the apical 

 process bifid, and a very minute spinous tubercle at the posterior margin. Preanal scale 

 short, subcordate, with the posterior margin rounded. 



A specimen of this very beautiful species was brought alive from the north 

 of India to the British Museum in a collection of fossil bones. It agrees very 

 nearly with M. Brandt's description of S. erythrocephala, excepting that the 

 legs of that species are olive-coloured and the back somewhat marbled, and 

 it is very much smaller. I ought to remark, however, that all the specimens 

 I have seen concur in having the legs yellow and the back without any mar- 

 bling. 



Var. ? a. Differs from the preceding In having 20 joints to the antennae, of which the ten 

 or twelve apical ones are black. The labial teeth ten, black, distinct ; the posterior pair 

 of legs much narrower, with a free elevated external and Internal margin to the femoral, 

 tibial and tarsal joints. — Length 3| Inches. 



