THE MYKIAPODA OF NORTH AMERICA. 177 



ix of Hie Hjii'i'ic* of Scolo]iocri/l>loi>S. 



a. Femora of anal legs anneal with t\vo large spines (iniirr xoim'tiim-x nl rnoliixl in 



iiortlicni X/K riiiu'iix of sexspinosus) . 



b. Coxa) of preheiisoriallega sinuate, '>ut never truly dentate. 



c. Tarsi of anal ]iair of legs not densely puhesceiit. 



d. Cephalic plate not marginate ................................ MITCKSI. 13. 



dil. Cephalic plate marginate. 



6. First antciinal joint not hirsute (caxlcni ) .............. Si :\sri \usrs. 1 1. 



n-. First t\vo anteiinal joints not hirsute (n-cxli rn \ ...... SIMXK \i i>i S. \-\b. 



ft: Tarsi of anal legs densely pubescent ; olive brown; head, iirst and last seg- 

 ments reddish lirown .................................... Ni<;i:M>irs. 15. 



lib. Coxa' of pielieinorial pair of legs dentate ; tarsi of anal legs densely pubescent. 



(iKACILIS. 16. 



13. Scolopocryptops miersii. 



1844. ^^lo/Kici-fiptofix tiiicrxii Newport. Liim. Trans.. 10.") i llnr.il); Cray. List Myr. 

 Brit. Mus., 7, 1844; Oervais, Apteres. iv, 298, 1S17; Newport. Cat. Myr. 

 Brit. Mus.. nii. 1856; Gervais. Cast. Exp. 1'Ainer. dn Sud, Ft. vn, Myr. and 

 Scorp., 86/1859; Karseh 



Not .(/(. M^einert. Proc. Anier. I'hil. Soc., isl, issii; Meiuert, M^yr. Mns. Haiin., 

 in, 41, 1886, =? Scoloji. iiii'iin'i-ti 1'ocoek. 



lliihltat. South America, West Indies, Mexico, and California 

 (Karsch). 



Etyiiiolof/i/. Named after Mr. John Miers, an English gentleman. 



I have never seen any specimens of this species and the short char- 

 acteristic I have given in the key is taken from Karsch's key to the 

 species of this g'enus. 



14. Scolopocryptops sexspinosus. 



1821. Cryptops m:rsi>inoxtix Say. Jonrn. Aead. Nat. Sci. Phila.. Ill' ( (ictrijia and Flor- 

 ida); Say, (Knvres Ent.. L'l. IXL'I'; (iervais, Ann. fee. Nat. ,51, 18:57; Newport, 

 Ann. and Ma'. /ool., 11)11. 1S||; k'oeh. Syst. Myr., 175, 1817. 



isii. Scolopocryptopa 6-xpinosa Newiort. Linn. Trans., 407; Newport, Cat. Myr. I'rit. 



Mns.. 57, 1*5! ;. 

 ix|7. Xi-o'onot ri/i>h->/ix nc.fxi>hiiiniix (ier\'ais. A]iteres. i\ , L'llS; (Jervais, Cast. Exp. 



1'Ainer. du Snd, I't. vn, Myr. and Seorp., 36, 1859; Wood, .lour. Aead. Nat. 



Sei. 1'hila.. ::7, ISI;L> (SK/mi, \. ('.; Conk Co.. 111.; .]//'.-.;.s.s/>/*/.- Carlisle. !'.; 



Charleston, S. C.; >>'/. I.oiiix, Mo.; Trsax); Wood, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 



17L', IS!!:.; 1'orath. Sv. \'et.-Akad. Handl. liih. I'll. 1*7(1 (San l',,ola. Hncih; 



Kohlransidi, Arehiv f. Natnr.. 51, IS7S; Meinert. 1'roe. Amer. 1'hil. Sue., 17!', 



issiii.m/.; Ma**.; .V. )'.; I'n.: !'.: Ga.; Ala.; A"//.; Inn-a; II'. J'a.; Cnl.); 



Meinert. Myr. Mns. llaun.. ill. II, ISMi . few Yrlc i ; MeNeill. 1'roe. U.S. 



Nat. Mns., :',J(i, 1SS7 (Penaacola, /'/.); I'nderwood. F.nt. Amer., til'.. lss7; 



Bollman, Ann. N. V. Lye. Nat. Hist,. 1H>. L8S8 (Beaver Cr., Tenn.)\ P.ollman, 



Fnt. Amer., 7, 1SSS ( .lrk(uix*). 

 \X\~.Sroloiii-it<lroi>xi liclrola Koch. Syst. Myr., 175 (.\orth Ann r/V,/ \\ Koch, Die 



Myr.. ii, :;i. Tali. LXXVI, f. 15C. ISii::. 

 l8S6.Seolopoeryptop8georgiou8Meia.eT:t. 1'roc. Amer. I'hil. Soe.. iso i limn/in i; I'n- 



derwood, Fnl . Amer., (i:!, ISST. 



ll<tl>it(it. Massachusetts to Florida and Texas, west of the mountains 

 replaced by variety 

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