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transverse suture deep, not tuberculate. Lateral plates thick and ob- 

 tuse, scarcely produced. Kepugnatorial pore situated on the posterior 

 third and slightly beneath, sunken. Male: Genitalia long and slender, 

 somewhat expanded and excavated towards the end, which is bifid. 

 Length of body 27"""; width. 2.3""". 



HABITAT. Havana, Cuba. 



This species is described from one male and one female, both in ;i 

 rather bad condition. I have named this species after its eollector- 

 Dr. Felipe Poey who also sent me in the same collection Or 

 !*. Mccixtocrplialnfi gitilrthigii. Scolopendra ultcrnunx, and 



3. Geophilus salemensis, sp. nov. 



Frontal plate present, anal pores moderate. Light red, head, antenna 1 , 

 last segment and feet orange, liobust, slightly attenuated anteriorly, 

 more strongly posteriorly, moderately smooth, sparsely punctate and 

 pilose. Preheusorial feet punctate and pilose; sternum wider than long 

 (8:0). anterior margin not produced: coxa- scarcely longer than wide 

 (3.5:3), unarmed; one small tooth. Cephalic plate longer than wide 

 (7:5.5), suboval, sparsely punctate and pilose; prebasal plate exposed; 

 basal plate about three times wider than long. Antenna' moderate, 

 joints rather long, two preceding the last not noticeably shortened. 

 Dorsal plates plainly bisulcate; anterior predorsal plates equal to pos- 

 terior, median longest; ventral plates with a median foveohe, sparsely 

 punctate. Spiracles round, anterior large, median and posterior small. 

 First pair of feet moderately short and slender, anterior and posterior 

 subequal. Posterior coxa; moderately inflated, pilose, pores few and 

 mostly concealed by the last ventral plate, which is wide, with the sides 

 substraight and rapidly converging. Pairs of feet of male 51-54, last 

 strongly crassate and densely pilose, armed; female 54-5(1, last slender, 

 armed, and pilose. Length of body, 35-GO" 1 " 1 ; width, 1-2""". 



HABITAT. Salem, Indiana. 



I have examined five males and four females of this species. It is 

 more related to GeoiririlHx rnbrns Say. 



4. Geophilus setiger, sp. nov. 



Frontal plate absent; anal pore large, concealed. Orange, head and 

 antenna- brown. Slender, moderately attenuated posteriorly; smooth, 

 sparsely pilose. Preheusorial feet sparsely pilose, smooth, not punctate; 

 sternum wider than long (4:3), anterior margin not produced; coxa- 

 wider than long (2:1.5), unarmed; one single acute tooth. Cephalic 

 plate suboval, longer than wide ( I :3.5), smooth, sparsely pilose: basal 

 plate much wider than long (4:1.3), partly covered by cephalic plate. 

 Antennae short, joints moderate, two preceding last subequal. Dorsal 

 plates distinctly bisulcate; anterior predorsal plates short, median 

 longer than posterior: ventral plates with three longitudinal depres- 



