J883.] 191 [Meinert. 



10. Sc. longispina. 11. Sc. CMlemis. 



b. Pedum plerorumque articulus primus tarsalis calcare armatus. 

 12. Sc. morsitans. 13. Sc. rugosa. 14. Sc. subspinipes. 15. Sc. 

 Be Haanii. 16. Sc. Indica. 



I. Femora pedum penultimorum (saltern) ad apicem exteriorem spinulis 

 armata. 

 A. Lamina prima dorsalis pone marginem anticum in transversum 

 profunde sulcata. 



1. SCOLOPENDRA GIGAS. 



Scolopendra gigas Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xi, p. 383. 



Newport, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., xiii, p. 98. 



Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xix, p. 399. 

 Kohlrausch, Arch. f. Naturg. Jahrg., 47, p. 119. 

 Scolopendra insignis Gervais, Ann. Soc. entom. de France, p. xxix. 



Walckenaer Ins. Apt., iv, p. 278. 

 Scolopendra gigantea Porat, Soc. Vet. Akad. Handl. Bin., B. 4, No. 7, p. 5. 

 ? Scolopendra gigantea Linne\ Syst. Nat., ed. x, p. 638. 



Newport, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xix, p. 400. 

 Gervais, Walckenaer Ins. Apt., iv, p. 279. 

 Scolopendra prasinipes, epileptica Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., 

 1861, p. 11. 

 Castanea, subtus pallidior, pedibus prioribus in articulis ternis ultimis 

 saepissime olivaceo balteatis, antennis viridi-olivaceis ; valde robustus, 

 sublaevis, laminis ventralibus obscure bisulcatis ; capite suborbiculari, ini- 

 marginato. Antennae longiusculae vel longae, 17-(18-)articulata', articulis 

 septenis vel octonis anterioribus dense brevissime gilvo-hirsutae, articulis 

 praeter priores longis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (bini vel terni interiores maximam partem 

 coaliti), magni ; dens coxalis magnus, obtusiusculus, in latere nodulo 

 instructus. 



Femora praeter prima vel bina priora ad apicem exteriorem spinulis 

 ternis (quinis) armata. Pedum articulus primus tarsalis, pedibus ultimis 

 (analibus) exceptes, calcare armatus. 



Pedes anales longiusculi, in latere sup. interiore femoris spinulis majori- 

 bus novenis vel duodenis, in series ternas vel quaternas digestis, in angulo 

 exteriore tumido spinulis octonis vel denis, in series binas vel ternas ob- 

 liquas digestis, in latere inf. interiore spinulis minoribus ternis (binis), in 

 latere inferiore spinulis ternis vel quinis, in series binas digestis, armati. 

 Laminae dorsales praeter tres vel quatuor priores marginatae. 

 Pleurae posticae amplae, sublaeves, densissime tenuiter porosae, in angu. 

 lum obtusum, spinulis quaternis vel quinis instructum, products;, margine 

 postico in obliquum fere truncato vel leviter sinuato, inermi. 



