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1844. Scolopendra lonyicornis Newport. List Myr. Brit. Mus., 3; Porath, Sv. Vet.- 

 Akad. Handl., 12, 1876 (Brazil). 



1870. Scolopendra calif ornica Humbert & Saussure. Kev. et Mag. Zool., 203 (Cali- 

 fornia); Humb. & Sauss., fitud. Myr., 127, Tab. v, tig. 8, 1872. 



1870. Scolopendra carinipes Humbert & Saussure. Rev. et Mag. Zool., 204 (Nova 

 Granada); Humb. & Sauss., fitud. Myr., 125, Tab. v, fig. 6, 1872. 



1885. Scolopendra morsitans cocrulescens Cragin. Bull. Washt. Coll. Biol. Surv., IV, 

 144 (Medicine Lodge, Barber Co., Kans.). 



Habitat. Cosmopolitan, found throughout the tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions; in United States, California, Kansas, Georgia, and 

 Florida. 



Etymology : Lat., biting. 



Scolopendra morsitam coerulescens of Cragin may not be a synonym 

 of this species. His description is so indefinite that it is almost im- 

 possible to tell to what species it may belong. 



7. Scolopendra woodi. 



1861. Scolopendra inii'-quidens Wood. Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 24 (Illinois); 

 Wood, Trans. Anier. Phil. Soc., 162, 1865 (not ina-quidens Gtrrais, which is the 

 same as alter nans). 



1886. Scolopendra icoodi Meinert. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 198 (Hilton's Head, S. C. ; 

 Beaufort, X. C.; Pennington's Gap, Fa.); Meiuert, Myr. Mus. Haim., in, 

 26, 1886 (Bilojci, Miss.); McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 326, 1887 (Pensa- 

 cola, Fla.) ; Underwood, Ent. Amer., 63, 1887 (Lookout Mountain, Tenn. ; Tor- 

 tuyas, Fla.; Georgia} ; Bollmau, Eut. Amer., 7, 1888 (Fort Donaldson, Ark.). 



Habitat. Southeastern United States N. to Illinois (Anna; Villa 

 Ridge, tfcc.) and Indiana (Bloomington) and W. to Arkansas (Fort Don- 

 aldson). 



Etymology : Named after Dr. H. 0. Wood, of Philadelphia. 



This species was first identified by Wood with incequidens Gervais 

 (=alternans Leach). 



8. Scolopendra pachypus. 



1878. Scolopendra pachypus Kohlrausch. Beit. Remit. Scol., 25 (California); Kohl- 

 rausch, Archiv Naturg., 113, 1881. 



Habitat. California (Kohlrausch), San Diego, Cal. (Bolivian). 

 Etymology: xa/bs, thick; 7ro6<r, foot. 



9. Scolopendra viridis. 



1821. Scolopendra viridis Say. Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (Florida) ; Say, OEuvros 

 Ent., 23, 1822; Gervais, Apteres, iv, 276, 1847; Gervais, Cast. Exp. 1'Aine'r. 

 Sud, Pt. vn, 34 (Brazil); Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 22, 1862 (Gar- 

 den Key, Pensacola and Palatka, Fla.); Wood, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 159, 

 - 1865; Kohlrausch, Archiv Naturg., 112, 1881; Meinert, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 

 196, 1886 (Georgia); Meinert, Myr. Mus. Harm., in, 26, 1886 (Xeir Orleans); 

 McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 112, 1887 (Pensacola, Fla.); Underwood, Ent. 

 Amer., 63, 1887. 



1844. Scolopendrapunctiventris^ewport, List Myr. Brit. Mus., :"> (Florida); Newport, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc., 387, 1844; Gervais, Apteres, iv, 277, 1847; Newport, C'at. 

 Myr. Brit. Mus., 33, 1856; Gervais, Cast. Exp. 1'Amor. Sud, Pt. vn, 34, 1859. 



1861. Scolopendra par va Wood. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 10 (Georgia). 



