Mr. Nswpoh on the CUut Myriapada, Order CbUopodtf. 



I have two specimens of this species, irhlch I regard as dittiod iron, 

 ;>//////,v carpopkagus of Leach. They differ from Leach's species Kb eeloar, have 

 the body and legs nmcli stouter, the cephalic segmcal longer aad the posterior 



margin straighter, with the labial border narrower and the antenna- lets |,air\ 



5. Arthron. Hopei, aurantiams, labio l.-evi polito minute bidentato lerittimfeque longitudi- 



naliter sulcato, antennis brevibus pttbwccntlbm, laminis domHbui bevtbui 



lateribus rotundatis longitudinalitcr bisulcatis, pnlibus (maris) utrinque G\ — I 

 unc. ly 6 ^. 

 Hab. Prope Neapolin. (v. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



6. Arthron. flaw/3, capite corporc pedibusquc fla\is. mandibuWum apiribtis nigris, ieg- 



mento cepbalico laevigata impressionihus duabus latcralihns angulii potticii K 

 antennis pubcscentibus Kgmenfto triplo loagioribos, labio lavi, mandibulia ob« 

 punctatis, pedum paribus 89. — Long. unc. 2L 

 Hab. In Anglia, prope Gloucester, (in Mus. nostr.) 



This specimen, which I received from Gloucester, i^ a male, the female of 

 which species has probably seventy pairs of legs. It agrees well with the Lin- 

 nean description of Scolopendra e/cctrica, having the body almost linear, with 

 the number of legs described. I have preferred adopting a characteristic name 

 while there remains any doubt of the identity of the true Linnean species. 



B. Segmentum cephalicum antice subproductum. 



7. Arthron. opinatus, aurantiacus, capite corporeque latis, segmento cephalim ooidato qua- 



drato subimbricato, antennis brevibus pilosis, labio valde elongato lato la vi nitidu man- 

 dibulisque obscure punctatis, pedibus utrinque 52-54. — Long. unc. 

 Hab. In Nova Hollandia et Ins. Van Diemen? (t>. in Mus. Brit.) 



The very peculiar form and subimbrication of the cephalic segment, and the 

 almost uniform size of all the segments of the body, without narrowing or 

 enlargement of the posterior ones, induce me for the present to place this 

 cies in a separate section, as it may, perhaps, hereafter form the type of a new 

 subgenus. Being the first species of the family hitherto received from Austra- 

 lia, from whence I had expected to receive Geophiii, I have named it ./. opt- 

 natus. 



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