Mr. Newport on the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda. 433 



I have two specimens of this species, which I regard as distinct from Geo- 

 philus carpophagus of Leach. They differ from Leach's species in colour, have 

 the body and legs much stouter, the cephalic segment longer and the posterior 

 margin straighter, with the labial border narrower and the antennae less hairy. 



5. Arthron. Hopei, aurantiacus, labio laevi polito minute bidentato levissimeque longitudi- 



naliter sulcato, antennis brevibus pubescentibus, laminis dorsalibus laevibus convexis 

 lateribus rotundatis longitudinaliter bisulcatis, pedibus (maris) utrinque 61. — Long, 

 unc. l^^jj. 

 Hab. Prope Neapolin. (w. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



6. Arthron. flavus, capite corpore pedibusque flavis, mandibulorum apicibus nigris, seg- 



mento ceplialico Isevigato impressionibus duabus lateralibus angulis posticis acutis, 

 antennis pubescentibus segmento triplo longioribus, labio laevi, mandibulis obsolete 

 punctatis, pedum paribus 69. — Long. unc. 2g. 

 Hab. In Anglia, prope Gloucester, {in Mus. nostr.) 



This specimen, which I received from Gloucester, is a male, the female of 

 which species has probably seventy paii'S of legs. It agrees well with the Lin- 

 nean description of Scolopendra electrica, having the body almost linear, with 

 the number of legs described, I have preferred adopting a characteristic name 

 while there remains any doubt of the identity of the true Linnean species. 



B. Segmentum cephalicum antice subproductum. 



7. Arthron. opinatus, aurantiacus, capite corporeque latis, segmento cephalico cordato qua- 



drate subimbricato, antennis brevibus pilosis, labio valde elongato lato l2evi nitido man- 

 dibulisque obscure punctatis, pedibus utrinque 52-54. — Long. unc. 2-1?^. 

 Hab. In Nova Hollandia et Ins. Van Diemen ? {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



The very peculiar form and subimbrication of the cephalic segment, and the 

 almost uniform size of all the segments of the body, without narrowing or 

 enlargement of the posterior ones, induce me for the present to place this spe- 

 cies in a separate section, as it may, perhaps, hereafter form the type of a new 

 subgenus. Being the first species of the family hitherto received from Austra- 

 lia, from whence I had expected to receive Geophili, I have named it yi. opi- 

 natus. 



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