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



giore; spina mediana unica acuta in margine superiore interno alteraque majore in 

 superficie inferiore. — Long. unc. 3^. 

 Hab. In Brasilia, {v. in Mus. D. Miers.) 



This is a distinct species, and has the cephalic segment very convex, ovate quadrate, a 

 little narrowed in front, with a slight emarginatlon between the antennae. The labium 

 and mandibles are thickly and deeply punctured. The posterior pair of legs are very 

 slender, with the inferior surface compressed or somewhat carinated. Preanal scale 

 punctured, subquadrate, narrowed posteriorly and shghtly emarginated, 



I have named this species in honour of J. Miers, Esq., F.R S., F.L.S. &c., 

 by whom it was captured. 



2. Scol. melanostoma, ferruginea, Isevis, stigmatibus nigris, pedibus elongatis flavescentibus 



pubescentibus ; pedum postremorum articulo femorali subcylindrico spina unica me- 

 diant in margine superiore interno alterique in superficie inferiore, appendicibus ana- 

 libus lateralibus valde elongatis acutis. — Long. unc. 1|. 

 Hab, In Insula Caribaea S" Vincentii, Rev. L. Guilding. (v. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



This species veiy closely resembles the preceding, but differs from it in the 

 elongation of the anal appendages, the colour of the spiracles, and also in 

 size. It differs also from S. sexspinosa in the absence of a spine at the distal 

 articulation of the femur, in the pubescence of the legs, and in the posterior 

 border of the preanal scale being slightly emarginated, as in S. Miersii. 



3. Scol. ferruginea, lateritia polita, pedibus flavis, segmentis convexis marginibus lateralibus 



distinctis, labio angustato profunde punctato impressionibusque 2 lateralibus, appen- 

 dicibus analibus lateralibus elongatis acutis, squama praeanaU subcordata complanata 

 margine posteriore rotundata. — Long. unc. 1^. 



Scolopendra ferruginea, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1063. no. 6. Fabr. Entam. Syst. ii. p. 389. 

 no. 5. Gerv. I, c. no. 17- 



Scolopendre rousse, De Geer. Mem. vii. p. 568. pi. 43, f. 6. 



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



The species described by Linnaeus is stated by De Geer to have been from 

 Africa, and this statement has been copied by Fabricius, but I strongly sus- 

 pect this to have been a mistake, and that, like other species of this genus, it 

 is either from North or South America or the West Indies. De Geer has both 

 figured and described this species, and his description agrees with the speci- 

 men that remains in the Linnean cabinet. 



