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Shawnee Cos. (Biol. Survey) ; Sumner Co. (writer) ; Trego Co. (Biol. 

 Survey). It is also reported from Barber county by Cragin, under the 

 name NeoHthobius mordax (a synonym), and Bollman states that L. nior- 

 dax occurs in Kansas. 



20. Poabius bilabiatus (Wood). 



Lifhobius bilabiatns Wood. Proc. Phila. Acad., 1867, p. 1.30. 

 Poabius bilabiatus Chamberlin. Ann. Entom. Soc. Amer., vol. V, 

 p. 153 (1912). 

 All of the specimens in the collection are of small size, varying from 

 7 mm. to 12 mm. in length. While this species is scarce, it seems to have 

 a wide distribution in the state. 



Habitat: Cowley and Douglas Cos. (writer) ; Graham Co. (Biol. Sur- 

 vey) ; Sumner Co. (W. O. Riley) ; Trego Co. (Biol. Sui-vey). 



Order EPIMORPHA. 



Family CRYPTOPID^. 



21. Otocryptops sexspinosus (Say). 



Cryptups sexspinosus Say. Jour. Phila. Acad., vol. II, p. 112 



(1821). 

 Otocryptops sexspinosus Pocock. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 6, vol. XV, p. 351 (1895). 



Color, adult, deep orange; young, yellow. The largest specimens in the 

 collection measure 57 mm. in length. This foi-m is common under stones 

 and boards, especially around old buildings. One specimen collected by 

 the writer was cari'ying a mass of eggs suspended under the middle of 

 her body, and held there by the legs. This mass measures 10 mm. long 

 by 6 mm. wide. The eggs are yellow in color and measure 1.3 mm. in 

 diameter. 



Wood shows the anterior margin of the labium in this species to be 

 nearly straight; in all of the foi-ms studied, a median notch is well marked. 



Habitat: Anderson Co. (E. H. Taylor) ; Bourbon Co. (Biol. Survey) ; 

 Butler Co. (E. C. Harrah and Biol. Survey); Cherokee Co. (Biol. Sur- 

 vey); Cowley Co. (writer); Crawford Co. (Biol. Survey); Douglas Co. 

 (G. D. Hanna, Biol. Survey, and writer) ; Franklin, Graham and Green- 

 wood Cos. (Biol. Survey) ; Jefferson Co. (writer) ; Labette Co. (R. D. 

 Lindsey and Biol. Survey) ; Linn Co. (Biol. Survey) ; Montgomery Co. 

 (R. D. Lindsey and Biol. Survey) ; Osage, Osborne, Pottawatomie, Riley, 

 Rooks and Shawnee Cos. (Biol. Survey) ; Sumner Co. (writer) ; Trego Co. 

 (Biol. Survey). It was previously reported from Jefferson Co. by Cragin. 



Family SCOLOPENDRID^. 



22. Scolopendra heros (Girard). 



Scolopendra heros Girard. In Marcy's Exp. Red River, App. F, 

 p. 262 (1853). 

 The largest specimen in the collection measures 114 mm. in length. 

 So far found only in the southern part of the state. 



