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Habitat. Southeastern United States N. to Tennessee (Mossy Creek 

 and Lookout Mountain}. 



Etymology: Lat., green. 



The locality, Brazil, assigned by Gervais (Cast. Exp. FAiner. Sud, 

 Pt. vn, ->t) to this species is erroneous, as viridis is not found S. of 

 the United States. 



10. Scolopeiidra heros. 



l$53.$rlo),<')i<li-ahtrcx (iirard. .M.-m-y's Red. R. Exp., App. F, 243 (Texas); Wood, 

 Jourii. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 18, 1862 (Louisiana, Tcxnx, Arkansas, Sew Mexico, 

 Arizona, Mexico); Wood. Tnviis. Amer. Phil. Soc., 155, 1865; Porath, Sv. Vet.- 

 Akad. Hand!., 8,1876 (Texas) ; C'ragiii, Bull. Washt. Coll. Biol. Surv., iv, 143 

 (Tin-key Creek); Meinert, Proe. Amer. Phil. Soc., 195, 1886 (Westficld, N. T.; 

 Mammoth Cure, A"//.; Key West, I'hi.; Alexandria and Seabrook Inland. (Jo..; 

 Mobile and Spring Hill, Ala.; (ialrexton, 7V.<-. ; Montevias, San Liiix I'oloni, and 

 (liiaymaa, Mc.r. ; *tut I>i/i>, < '<il. ; Furl L'ili-i/, I\~anx. > : I 'nderwood, Phit. Amer., 

 63, 1887; Bollman, Eut. Amer., 6. 18X8 (Little l!o<-k, Mnrfreesboro, and Muddy 

 Fork, Ark.). 



1861. Scolopeiidra caxianifep* Wood. Proe. Amer. Phil. Soc.. 11 ( Texas). 



1862. Scolopendra lic.ro* caxtai<i<-c/ix Wood. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18, 1862; 

 Wood. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.. 156, 1865; Cragin, Bull. Washt. Coll. Biol. 

 Snrv., IV, 144. 18s5 i Harber County, Kans.). 



1861. Scolopeiidra poli/morpha Wood. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 11 (Fort RHey, 

 Kans.); Wood, Journ. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., 20, 1862 ( Kan sun, Texas, Ari- 

 ZOIIK, Mt.rico); Wood, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 158, 1865; Kohlrausch. Archiv 

 Naturg., 114, 1881; Cragiu, Bull. Washt. Coll. Biol. Surv., iv, 144, 1885 (Rice, 

 Finley, and Barber Co., Kans.). 



1862. Scolopendra copeana Wood. Jourii. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 27 (California); 

 Wood, Trans. Ainer. Phil. Soc., 165, 1865. 



1885. Sc.oloi>e>idra hero* L>iixni<iti<-<i Cragin, Bull. Washt. Coll. Biol. Surv., iv, 144 

 (Medicine Lodye, Barber Co., Kans.). 



llohitat. Central America, Mexico; in United States K. to Califor- 

 nia, Utah, Kansas, Kentucky, and Georgia. 



Etymology. Lat., a demigod. 



A careful study of a large amount of material of this species may 

 establish several subspecies. 



11. Scolopendra crudelis. 



1847. Scolopendra crudi'li* Koch. S.yst. Myr., 170 (Barthelymi) ; Koch, Die Myr., n, 



36, Tab. LXXVII, LXXVIII, l-'igs. 158, 15M, 1863; Porath, Sv. Vot.-Akad. 



I laud]., 7, 1X71) (.' \r York); Kohlrausch, Archiv Xaturg., .20. 18X1; 



Mcincrt, I'roc. Amer. Phil. Soc., P.M. 1886; Underwood, Eut. Amer., 63, 



1887 ( I-'lorida, Torhtniix. l\n/ /(V.s-/. llayii). 

 1861. Scolopendra lontjijn's Wood. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., L'li (7-7. Jejf'erxoii, 



(iardeii Key. /'/., / Halifax, \ . S.)] Wood, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 163, 



1865. 



IInhHt. West Indies and southern Florida. 

 Etymology. Lat., unmerciful. 



Porath mentions & specimen of crudelis from AY/r York, but this is 

 erroneous or else it is one that has been introduced by shipping. 



