Mr. Nkwport on the Ctas* Myriapdda, Order Chilopoda. 



profundeque punctulatis, pedibus poatetma i brcvibus olivaceis; uticulo bai 



4 marginalibus Sque inferioribus trisena' 

 Scol. punctiventris, Newp. I. r. p. LOO. 

 Hab. In Florida America* Borealia. (». fa Mus. li 



Cephalic segment slightly elongated, dcp: .hovate; antenna' short ; basilar Hgmenl 



rather large; lahium flattened, elongated, narrowed anteriorly, without snt hi ■ 

 plates narrowed, elongated, nibquadrate, with the border slightly rounded ; teeth i 

 the internal ones elongated. Lateral anal n|Tpmdfgfl deeply pum ■hired, nan 

 with the apex acute and slightly recurved, Preanal scale tubquadrate, with the honler 

 subemarginated. Posterior legs very short : basilar join! slightly elongated) with the 

 upper surface subconvex ; the internal margin with four sj I in two alter- 



nating series; the three anterior spines minute; the apical one large, thick and acute. 

 Inferior surface of the joint rounded, with six ipine* arranged in three longitudinal 

 binary series, those of the external and internal parallel with each other. 



This specimen was brought from Florida by K. DouMeday, Eaq., F.I. s 



19. Scol. Algerina, capite antennis corporc pedibus postremis squamaquc pnranali otivi 

 pedibus appendicibusque analibus lateralibus aurantiaeis. pedibui postremis brsnbttl 

 complanatis : spinis 4 marginalibus. — Long. unc. 2 } . 



Hab. In Algeria, (v. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



Frontal segment of the head cordate, basilar segment large; labium smooth, sutures in- 

 distinct; dental plates small, transverse; teeth eight, small, almost obsolete; mandi- 

 bular tooth large. Body rather wide : first and second joint of the posterior pair of 

 legs short and broad, with the superior surface flattened; basilar joint with the i 

 nal margin a little elevated; internal margin with four minute spines; internal surface 

 flattened, without spines; inferior surface rounded, with nine spines arrang< -d in three 

 slightly diverging longitudinal series. Lateral anal appendages short, with two minute 

 tubercles : preanal scale quadrate, narrowed posteriorly, with the posterior margin 

 straight. 



Sectio 15. 



Pedum pari postremo serie longitudinali unica spinarum (2 v. 3) armato, vel laevi nudo. 

 (a.) Antennae 19- v. 20-articulatoe ; pedes breves, crassi, angulati. 



20. Scol. cingulata, sordide lutea, segmentis viridi-marginatis, dentibus labialihus 10 nigra 



distinctis, antennis (?) 18-articulatis, pedum pari postremo mediocri valido subcompla- 

 nato marginibus rotundatis; margine interiori spinulis 5 nigris : spina apicali elongeti 

 bifida.— Long. unc. 3. 



