Mr, Newport oa the Clou Myriapoda, Order Cbilopoda. 



trifid. Prean.il scale elongate quadrate, with i longitudinal depression, posteriorly 

 rounded. 



This specimen was brought by ('apt. sir B. Belcber, K.N.. <»i the Sulphury 

 and is believed to be from China. I have a itrong suspicion however thai 

 this is a mistake, and that it is a South American species. 



49. Scol. canidens, saturate olivacea, dentibus s ; tritiu> interioribus in unaquaquc In: 



brevibus obtusts approximatis lamina' superficie excerat&t exleriore r<li<piiv longiore, 

 pedum paris postremi articulo basali margine interim serie dupliei spinularum ■CUtiniBI 

 8 v. 9: superficie inferiore excavata spini- 6 v. S biseriatis.--Long. one. 



Scol. canidens, Newp. I.e. p. 98, 



Hab. In Egypto. [v. in Mm. Brit.) 



Cephalic segment subovate, elongated, with the posterior maigin nearly straight ; basilar 

 segment large; dental plates elongated, quadrate, with the anterior mar- bt, or 



slightly excavated ; the inferior surface with a deep triangular excavation bounded by 

 the internal and external tooth on each plate; teeth eight, the three internal .meson 

 each plate obtuse, subapproximated; the external one acute, iflott gat frf, and distinct 

 from the others; labium smooth, separated from the dental plates by a distinct bolder. 

 Posterior pair of legs short, with the basilar joint longer than the second ; superior sur- 

 face flattened, with the external margin subacute; internal margin with from eight to 

 nine minute spines, the seven or eight anterior ones very small, six of which are 

 arranged in a double subapproximated series; internal angular process large, bifid. 

 Inferior surface of the joint slightly excavated longitudinally, with a scries of from six 

 to eight irregularly-placed minute spines on each border of the excavation. Lateral 

 anal appendages small, narrow, with the process a little elongated, and multifid at the 

 apex. Preanal scale quadrate, with the posterior margin slightly rounded. 



50. Scol. violacea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. torn. ii. p. 289. Guerin, Icon. \nim. dc Cov- 



ins, pi. 1. fig. 7- Gervais, loc. cit. sp. 1. p. 50. Lucas, loc. cit. sp. 1 . p. 544. 

 Scol. crassipes, Brandt, loc. cit. sp. 5. p. 60? 



51. Scol. gigas, hete ferruginea, segmento cephalico antennisque saturate viridibus, pedibus 

 nigrescentibus v. saturate olivaceis; articulis pallidius fasciatis, superficie ventrali oh- 

 vacea, pedum postremorum femoribus labio mandibulisque rufis : his apice nigris.— 

 Long. unc. 10. 



Scol. gigas, Leach in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 383. Id. in Zool. Misc. iii. p. 42. Newp. I. r. 



p. 98. sp. 25. 

 Hab. In Venezuela, (v. in Mm. Brit, et " United Service.") 



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