Meinert.), lJb [Oct. 2, 



? Scolopendra Azteca, Otomita, Maya, Talteca Saussure, Mem. Mex.Myriap., 

 p. 124-126, tab. 5-6, fig. 41-43, 45. 

 Saussure el Humbert, Etud. s. Myriap., p. 12R-129, 

 tab. v, fig. 9, 10, 12, 14. 



Brunnea vel flavo-olivacea, capite cum lamina prima dorsali plus vel 

 minus rufescente, pedibus antennisque flavescentibus, margine postico 

 laminarum dorsalium ssepe virescente, in medio latius vel manifestus ; 

 robusta vel sat robusta, sublaevis, laminis ventralibus manifesto bisulcatis ; 

 capite suborbiculari, immarginato. Antennae longiusculie vel longa8, ad 

 basin paulum incrassatae, attenuatae, 24-29 articulatas, praeter articulos 

 senos vel denos brevissime hirsutae, articulis pluribus anterioribus brevibus 

 vel breviusculis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (bini vel terni interiores plus vel minus 

 coaliti), majores, obtusi ; dens coxalis magnus, acutiusculus, subinermis. 



Pedes anales longiusculi vel breviusculi, paulum incrassati, in latere 

 sup. interiore femoris spinulis quaternis vel senis majoribus, in series binas 

 digestis, angulo apicali in nodum longiorem, angustiorem, spinulis ternis 

 vel septenis instructum, producto, in latere interiore spinulis binis vel 

 ternis, in latere inf. interiore spinulis binis vel ternis, in latere inferiore 

 spinulis quaternis vel septenis, in series binas digestis, armati. 



Laminae dorsales prceter octo piiores marginatse. 



Pleura? posticae amplae, subkeves. dense tenuiter porosae, in angulum 

 breviorem vel longiorem, obtusiusculum, ad apicem spinulis ternis vel 

 senis instructum, productae, margine postico sinuato, spinula parva ar- 

 mato. 



Lamina ultima ventralis brevis, lata, valde angustata, post subtruncata 

 vel latissime sinuata. 



Long. 100-130 mm. 



Hab. This species seems to be common through the most parts 

 of North and Central America; thus I have seen specimens 

 irom Westfield, N. York; near Mammoth Cave, Ky,; Key 

 West; Alexandria, Ga., Anderson ; Seabrook Isl., Ga. ; Mobile, 

 Ala. ; Springhill, Ala. ; Cap Florida, Wurdemann ; Galveston, 

 Tex., Boll; Monteviaz, Mex., Palmer; mountain near St. Louis 

 Potosi, Mex., E. Palmer; Panama; Guatemala, Van Patten; 

 Porto Rico, Cardoge; San Diego, Cal. ; Guaymas, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia; Ft. M'Pherson, Neb.; Riley, Kansas, H. Biavat. 



7. SCOLOPENDKA VIIUDIS. 



Scolopendra viridis Say, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pbilad., ii, p. 110. 



Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pbilad., 2 ser., v, p. 22. 



Trans. Amer. Pbilos. Soc, xiii, p. 159. 

 Koblrauscli, Arcb. f. Naturg. Jabrg., 47, p. 112. 



