Mr. Newport on the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda. 387 



profundeque punctulatis, pedibus postremis brevibus olivaceis; articulo basali spinis 

 4 marginalibus 6que inferioribus triseriatis 2, 2, 2. — Long. unc. 1|. 



Scol. punctiventris, Newp. I. c. p. 100. 



Hab. In Florida Americas Borealis. {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



Cephalic segment slightly elongated, depressed, subovate; antennae short; basilar segment 

 rather large ; labium flattened, elongated, narrowed anteriorly, without sutures ; dental 

 plates narrowed, elongated, subquadrate, with the border slightly rounded ; teeth eight, 

 the internal ones elongated. Lateral anal appendages deeply punctured, narrowed, 

 with the apex acute and slightly recurved. Preanal scale subquadrate, with the border 

 subemarginated. Posterior legs very short ; basilar joint slightly elongated, with the 

 upper surface subconvex ; the internal margin with four spines, arranged in two alter- 

 nating series ; the three anterior spines minute ; the apical one large, thick and acute. 

 Inferior surface of the joint rounded, with six spines arranged in three longitudinal 

 binary series, those of the external and internal parallel with each other. 



This specimen was brought from Florida by E. Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S. 



19. Scol. Algerina, capite an tennis corpore pedibus postremis squamaque praeanali olivaceis, 

 pedibus appendicibusque analibus lateralibus aurantiacis. pedibus postremis brevibus 

 complanatis : spinis 4 marginalibus. — Long. unc. 2\. 



Hab. In Algeria, {v. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



Frontal segment of the head cordate, basilar segment large ; labium smooth, sutures in- 

 distinct; dental plates small, transverse; teeth eight, small, almost obsolete; mandi- 

 bulai* tooth large. Body rather wide : first and second joint of the posterior pair of 

 legs short and broad, with the superior surface flattened ; basilar joint with the exter- 

 nal margin a little elevated ; internal margin with four minute spines ; internal surface 

 flattened, without spines ; inferior surface rounded, with nine spines arranged in three 

 slightly diverging longitudinal series. Lateral anal appendages short, with two minute 

 tubercles : preanal scale quadrate, narrowed posteriorly, with the posterior margin 

 straight. 



Sectio B. 

 Pedum pari postremo serie longitudinali unica spinarum (2 v. 3) armato, vel laevi nudo. 

 («.) Antennae 19- V. 20-articulatBe; pedes breves, crassi, angulati. 



20. Scol. cingulata, sordide lutea, segmentis viridi-marginatis, dentibus labialibus 10 nigris 

 distinctis, an tennis (?) 18-articulatis, pedum pari postremo mediocri valido subcompla- 

 nato marginibus rotundatis ; margine interiori spinulis 5 nigris ; spina apicali elongata 

 bifida. — Long. unc. 3. 



