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bowed; bristles 6 + 6 or 7 + 7. Anterior tarsi not distinctly divided. 

 Most ventral plates with well-marked longitudinal sulcus in addition 

 to the deeper, curved transverse one. Last ventral plate with sides 

 distinctly converging caudad, trapeziform; caudal margin at middle 

 slightly incurved. Coxopleurae not at all produced caudally, pores 

 rather numerous. Prefemur of anal legs armed below and laterally 

 with numerous long slender spines or spiniform setae, but with a 

 median longitudinal area on ventral surface free from them ; this area 

 wider caudally than anteriorly and bearing a few long fine hairs; at 

 the distal end of the prefemur above and on the mesal side there is a 

 long, stout, acute spine curving caudad distally. Femur on ectal 

 side of distal end above with a similar single large curved spine and 

 the tibia with a similar spine and in addition one on the mesal side. 

 Tibia ventrally with a series of ten teeth, and the first tarsal joint with 

 three. Length 23 mm. 



4. Otocryptops ferrugineus (Linne). 



Scolopendra ferruginea Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1767, 1, pt. 2, p. 1063. 

 Scolopocryptops miersii Meinert (non Newport), Proc. Amer. philos. soc, 



1886, 23, p. 181.1 

 Scolopocryptops ferrugineus Pocock, Journ. Linn. soc. London, 1893, 24, p. 463. ^ 



Habitat. — New Providence: Nassau (G. M. Allen, T. Barbour, 

 O. Bryant). Cuba^: Guantanamo (C. T. Ramsden), Los Hondones 

 (C. T. Ramsden), Bolondron (W. M. Wheeler), Soledad, near Cien- 

 fuegos (T. Barbour). Isle of Pines: Sierra de Casas, La Ceiba (T. 

 Barbour, W. S. Brooks). Jamaica: ^ Mandeville (T. Barbour), 

 Liguanea Plain (C. T. Brues), Blue Mt. Cinchona (C. T. Brues), Port 

 Antonio (A. E. Wight), Kingston ^ (S. Garman, T. Barbour). Haiti: 

 Grand Anse (Uhler),i Jeremie^ (D. F. Wienland), Diquini, Port au 

 Prince, Petionville (W. M. Mann). Guadeloupe: Soufriere (G. K. 

 Noble). Dominica (G. A. Ramage^). Martinique (S. Garman). 

 St. Vincent (H. H. Smith) .2 Grenada: Grand Etang (R. Thaxter). 



5. Otocryptops melanostomus (Newport). 



Scolopocryptops melanostoma Newport, Trans. Linn. soc. London, 1844, 19, 



p. 406. 

 Otocryptops melanostoma Pocock, Journ. Linn. soc. London, 1894, 24, p. 464 ;' 



Silvestri, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., 1908, 24, p. 564.2 



