Meinert.] i-jQ. [Oct. 2, 



longse, ad basin paulum incrassatse, attenuate, 17-articulata?, propter arti- 

 culos quinos priores dense brevissime hirsute, carinulata?, articulis longis. 



Dentes prosternales terni (interiores lati, obtusi), validi ; dens coxalis 

 magnus, obtusiusculus, in latere interiore nodo vel denticulo obtuso 

 armatus. 



Femora pedum penultimorum angulo, spinulis quinis vel senis armato, 

 instructa ; pedum antepenultimorum ad apicem exteriorem spinulis binis 

 vel spinula singula armata. Pedum articulus primus tarsalis, pedibus 

 ultimis (analibus) exceptis, calcare armatus. 



Pedes anales longiusculi, crassiusculi, in latere superiore femoris spinu- 

 lis ternis vel senis, majoribus vel minoribus, in series binas subdigestis, in 

 latere sup. interiore spinis quaternis vel senis subseriatis, angulo postico 

 acutiusculo spinis septenis vel octonis instructo, in latere interiore spinis 

 senis vel novenis subseriatis vel in series binas digestis, in latere inferiore 

 spinis septenis vel duodenis, in series ternas digestis, armati. 



Laruinse dorsales prater quinque vel septem priores marginatum 



Pleura; posticse minus am pise, subla?ves, densissime tenuissime porosse, 

 in angulum acutiusculum, spinulis senis vel octonis parvis instructum, 

 products, margine postico in obliquum subtruncato, paulum flexuoso, in 

 medio atque ad apicem exteriorem spinulis parvis armato. 



Lamina ultima ventralis breviuscula, angustiuscula, valde angustata, 

 post rotundate truncata. 



Long. 110-170 m.m. 



Hob. This species seems to be a very common one in the 

 West India; yet in the collection of the Museum of Comp. 

 Zool,, I have found only five specimens, viz : from Cuba, Mr. 

 Trey, and also from Brazil. 



•"i. SCOLOPKNDIJA CKUDELIS. 



ticolopeudra crudeUs Kocli, Syst. d. Myriap. p. 170j 



Die Myriap., ii, p. 3(j, tab. lxxvii, lxxviii, rig. 

 158, 159. 

 Porat, Sv. Vet. Akad, Hancll. Bib., B 4, No. 7, p. 7. 

 Scolopendra lovgipex Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pliilad., 2 ser., v, p. 26. 

 Trans. Amer. Pbilos. Soc, xiii, p. Hi:!. 

 Castanea vel fulva, antennis pedibusqueflavesceutibus, margine postico 

 laminarum dorsalium interdum virescente ; robusta, subhevis, laminis 

 ventralibus obscure bisulcatis ; capite subovali, immarginato. Antenna' 

 longiuscuke vel long;e, ad basin paulum incrassatse, attenuate, 17-articu- 

 latse, prseter articulos quinos priores dense brevissime hirsute, carinulatse, 

 articulis longis, teretibus. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (bini interiores coaliti, truncati), validi ; 

 dens coxalis magnus, in latere interiore denticulo majore armatus. 

 Femora pedum penultimorum angulo spinulis quaternis vel senis in- 



