4.'J8 Mr. Newport on the Class Myriupoda, Order Cliilopodii. 



16. Geoph. Lefebvrm, Guerin, Iconog. du Regne Anim. de Cuv., Ins. pi. 1. fig. 10. Lucas, 



1. c. sp. 16. p. 551. 

 Hub. In ^gypto. 



Legs 159 pairs. — Length 6^ inches. 



!/• Geoph. Xanthinus (Tab. XL. fig. 13.), totiis aurantiacus, segniento cephaHco subtrian- 

 gulari antice acuto postice transverse, antenuis basi crassissimis segmento cephalico 

 vix duplo longioribus, labio brevi laevi postice rotundato linea elevata mediana rubra : 

 margine producto dentibus 2 minutis, angulis lateralibus mandibulorum apicibus un- 

 guibusque nigris, segmentis praeanalibus penultimisque ad latera laminis magnis sca- 

 bris vestitis, stylis analibus parvis, pedum paribus 162. — Long. unc. 6^-7. 



Hub. In Lycia, in valle fluvii Xanthi, Fellows, [v. in Mus. Brit.) 



There are three examples of this fine species in the British Museum, brouglit 

 to this country by Sir Charles Fellows. They agree precisely in character, 

 except in length. They seem to approach very near to the next species. 



18. Geoph. Walckenaeri, Gervais, Mag. de Zool. cl. 9. p. 133. fig. 1. p. 8. Id. Ann. So. Nat. 



1837, P- 53. Lucas, 1. c. sp. 11. p. 550. 

 Hab. Prope Parisios. 

 Legs 163 pairs. — Length 7j inches. 



19. Geoph. Savignianus, Gervais, Ann. So. Nat. 1837, P- 53. Lucas, 1. c. sp. 15. p. 551. 

 Scolopendra, Savigny, D. 



Hab. In ^gypto. 



Legs 210 pairs.^Length 3 inches. 



Species of Gedphilidce which I have been unable to identify From imperfect 

 descriptions: 



Geoph. hortensis, Koch, Deutsch. Crust. 22. heft 1. 



Geoph. sublilis, Koch, Deutsch. Crust, etc. 22. heft 2. 



Geoph. phosphorea, Linn. Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1064. sp. 4. — Asia. 



Geoph. occidentalis, Linn. Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1064. sp. 10. — America. 



Geoph. angustatus, Esch. M^m. de la Soc. Imp. Mosc. vi. p. 112. 



Geoph. longissimus, Risso, Hist, de I'Europ. Mend. v. p. 155. 



Geoph. attenuatus, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vol. ii. part 1. p. 113. 



