Mr. Newport on the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda. 405 



behind the sutures ; mandibles tipped with black ; legs yellow, the tibio-femoral arti- 

 culation of the penultimate and antepenultimate pairs with two or three black spinulae ; 

 posterior pair elongated, narrowed, with the basilar joint longer than the tibial, sub- 

 convex on its upper surface, with more than twenty black spines on the surface and 

 internal margin; articular process elongated, nipple- shaped, with the apex multifid; 

 inferior surface with about twelve spinulae arranged in three irregular series. Anal 

 appendages dark red, with the apex elongated and multifid, and two spinulae on the 

 posterior border. Preanal scale yellow, small, elongate, trigonal, margin straight. 



58. Scol. mullispinosa, saturate ferruginea, antennis articulisque tarsalibus metatarsalibusque 

 viridibus, dentibus labialibus 6, pedum postremorum articulo basali elongato compla- 

 nato subconvexo ; spinulis in margine interno 6 vel 7 in seriebus 2 alternantibus : pro- 

 cessu angular! multifido: spinulisque in superficie interna inferiore 17-20 in seriebus 

 5 longitudinalibus. — Long. unc. 4|. 



Scol. multispinata, Newp. I. c. p. 98. 



Hab. In Insula Caribsea S*^ Christophori. [v. in Mus. Brit.) 



Cephalic segment cordate, rounded ; mandibular tooth large ; dental plates subquadrate, 

 elongated posteriorly ; teeth six, the internal one on each side broad, spatulate, with 

 the edges sharpened, the external one on each side small and acute ; labium and man- 

 dibles very dark ferruginous ; posterior pair of legs slightly elongated, with the basilar 

 joint elongated, flattened, somewhat compressed ; superior surface with six or seven 

 minute black spines, arranged in two alternating series, near the internal margin, which 

 is rounded, and has a series of six teeth, internal to those on the surface ; internal an- 

 gular process with the apex multifid ; lateral and inferior surfaces convex, with from 

 seventeen to twenty minute spines, arranged in three irregular longitudinal series on 

 the external side, and two on the internal ; second joint flattened, with the margins 

 rounded. Lateral anal appendages ferruginous red, smooth, with the apex multifid, 

 and three minute black spines on the external posterior margin. Preanal scale four- 

 sided, elongate, narrowed posteriorly, with the margin straight. 



Genus 6. Scolopocryptops. Newp. 



Oculi nulli. Segmenta podophora 23, posteriora angustata. Pedum paria totidem. Seg- 

 mentum cephalicum, cordatum, imbricatum. Labium edentulum. Antennm l7-articu- 

 latae. Appendices anales laterales pedesque posteriores elongati. 



1. Scol. Miersii, testacea, capite mandibulisque saturate rufis, antennis pedibiisque flavis, 

 pedibus postremis gracillimis ; articulo femorali subcylindrico laevi articulo tibiali Ion- 



