Meinert.] ±J-i [Oct. 2, 



Lamina ultima ventralis longa, angusta, lateribus sinuatis manifesto 

 convergentibus, post rotundate truncata vel latissime rotundata. 



Long. 220-280 mm. 



Eab. Santarem, Chas. Linden; Near Santarem, Brazil; Obidos, 

 Brazil, James & Hunnewell (Thayer Exped.) ; Villa Bella, 

 Brazil, J. C. Hetcher. 



2. SCOLOPENDRA CRISTATA. 



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



Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., xix, p. 398. 

 Porat, Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Bih., B. 4, No. 7, p. 6. 

 Kohlrausch, Arch. f. Naturg. Jahrg., 47, p. 117. 



Castanea vel olivacea, antennis pedibusque pallidioribus, concoloribus 

 vel partini balteis olivaceis in articulis omnibus vel exterioribus pedum 

 posteriorum plus vel minus manifestis ornatis, robusta, sublaevis ; capite 

 subovali. Antennae breviusculae vel longiusculte, ad basin multum in- 

 crassatae, 17-articulata3, praeter articulos quaternos priores brevissime 

 hirsute, articulis propter priores longiusculis vel longis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (terni interiores plus vel minus coaliti) 

 magni ; dens coxalis in latere nodulo armatus. 



Femora terna vel quina posteriora (ante pedes anales) ad apicem 

 exteriorem spinulis binis vel spinula singula armata. Pedum articulus 

 primus tarsalis, pedibus ultimis (analibus) exceptis, calcare arraatus. 



Pedes anales breviusculi vel breves, incrassati vel crassi, in latere 

 superiore femoris spinulis parvis binis vel spinula singula, in margine sup. 

 interiore spinulis magnis binis vel ternis, angulo apicali in acu forte, acu- 

 tum, in latere spinulis binis armatum producto, in latere inleriore spinulis 

 sen is, in series ternas digestis, armati. 



Laminae dorsales prseter quatuor priores marginataa. Lamina ultima 

 in medio alte carinata. 



Pleurae postica? sat amplae, sublaeves, densissime tenuiter porosae, in 

 angulum minorem, ad apicem spinula singula armatum, product*, margine 

 postico paulum obliquo, subrecto, inermi. 



Lamina ultima ventralis breviuscula, angustiuscula, multum angustata, 

 post late rotundata. 



Long. 145-175 mm. 



Hab. Brazil?, Charles Linden ; Amazon river, Brazil, Rev. J. 

 C. Hetcher. 



3. SCOLOPENDRA PRASINA. 



Scolopendra prasina C. L. Koch, Die Myriap., ii, p. 23, tab. lxxi, fig. 146. 



Kohlrauscb, Arch. f. Naturg. Jabrg., 47, p. 122. 

 f Scolopendra puncticeps Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat Sc. Philad., 1861, p. 14. 



