1885.] LJO [Meinert. 



?? Scolopendra punctiscuta "Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., 1861, p. 

 14. 



Flava vel flavo-brunnea, laminis dorsalibus prater laminam priraam et 

 ultimain in margine postico viresceatibus, articulis exterioribus pedum 

 posteriorum virescentibus ; sat robusta, tenuiter sparse punctata, laminis 

 ventralibus lsevibus ; capite suborbiculari. Antennie breviusculae ad basin 

 paulum incrassata?, 17-articulata?, pra?ter articulos quaternos priores dense 

 gilvo birsuta?, carinulata?, articulis breviusculis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (bini interiores approximati vel coaliti, 

 externi discreti), majores, truncati ; dens coxalis in latere nodulo majore 

 instructus. 



Femora bina posteriora (ante pedes anales) ad apicem exteriorem spinu- 

 lis binis, femora antecedentia spinula singula armata. Patella? bina? 

 posteriores (ante pedes anales) ad apicem exteriorem spinula singula 

 armata. Pedum articulus primus tarsalis, pedibus ultimis (analibus) ex- 

 ceptis, calcare armatus. 



Pedes anales breviusculi, sat incrassaii, in latere superiore femoris 

 spinulis binis parvis, in margine sup. interiore rotundato spinulis senis 

 majoribus, uncinatis, in margine inf. interiore rotundato spinulis binis 

 minoribus, in latere inferiore spinulis septenis majoribus, in series ternas 

 digestis, armati, in latere interiore articuli sequentis (patella?) spinulis 

 quaternis minoribus, angulo apicali spinula singula instructo, armati. 



Lamina? dorsales prseter sex priores marginata?. 



Pleura? postica? ampla?, subkeves, densissime tenuiter porosa?, in angu- 

 lum brevem, spinulis ternis magnis bamatis instructum, producta?, mar- 

 gine postico leviter arcuato, spinula singula armato. 



Lamina ultima ventralis breviuscula, latiuscula, multumangustata, post 

 late rotundata. 



Long. 90-105 mm. 



Hob. Grenada, W. I., Peter Gelliman. 



B. Lamina prima dorsalis integra. 



4. Scolopendra alternans. 



Scolopendra alternans Leacb, Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., xi, p. 383. 

 Scolopendra alternans, Grayi, complanata, incerta, multispinosa (mvltispi- 



nata) Newport, Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond.,' xix, p. 402-405. 

 Scolopendru Sagroza Gervais, Walckenaer Ins. Apt., iv, p. 281. 

 ? Scolopendra torquata Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pbilad., 18G1, p. 13. 



Flavo-brunnea vel pra?sertim ante et post castanea, margine postico la- 

 minarum dorsalium, antennis vel totis vel solummodo in latere inferiore 

 articulorum priorum articulisque pedum exterioribus interdum obscure 

 virescentibus ; robusta vel valde robusta, subkevis, laminis ventralibus 

 sat obscure bisulcatis, capite suborbiculari. Antenna? longiuscula? vel 



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