1885.] 1J< [Meinert. 



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



100. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., xix, p. 38(5. 

 Scolopendra parva Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., 1861, p. 10. 



Ochracea vel brunnea, lamina cephalica atque vitta lata dorsali srepe 

 viridibus ; sat gracilis, manifesto sparse punctata, laminis ventralibus pro- 

 funde bisulcatis ; capite subrotundata. Antenna; longiusculae, ad basin 

 sat incrassatse, angustatse, 23-24 articulate, prater articulos senos priores 

 brevissime hirsute articulis pluribus brevibus, longioribus interpositis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (bini interiores fere coaliti, exteriores 

 magis discreti), minores ; dens coxalis sat magnus, obtusiusculus, inermis. 



Pedes anales breviusculi, paulum incrassati, in margine sup. interiore 

 femoris rotundato spinulis quaternis majoribus, in series binas digestis, 

 angulo apicali brevissimo, bifido vel spinulis ternis vel quaternis instructo, 

 in latere interiore ante spina singula, in latere inferiore spinulis senis vel 

 octonis, in series quaternas digestis, armati. 



Laminae dorsales prseter duodecim vel tredecim priores marginate. 



Pleura postica; ample, dense grossius porose, in angulum brevem, spi- 

 nulis ternis vel quaternis instructum producta?, margine postico leviter 

 sinuato, inermi vel spinula minima armato. 



Lamina ultima ventralis longiuscula, angustiuscula, multum angustata, 

 post latissime sinuata. 



Long. 60 mm. 



Hab. Georgia, A. S. Allanson (an original specimen of this 

 species). 



b. Pedum ultimorum arliculus primus tarsalis inermis. 



8. Scolopendra occidentalis, n. sp. 



Ochracea vel brunnea, laminis dorsalibus prater primam atque altimam 

 plus vel minus virescentibus ; subgracilis, sublevis, laminis ventralibus 

 profunde bisulcatis ; capite suborbiculari. Antennae longiuscula?, ad basin 

 valde incrassate, attenuate, 23-articulate, prater articulos quinos vel 

 senos priores obscure hirsute, articulis breviusculis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (bini interiores approximati), majores ; 

 dens coxalis mediocris, acutus, inermis. 



Pedum articulus primus tarsalis, pedibus binis posterioribus exceptis, 

 calcare armatus. 



Pedes anales longi, graciles, in margine sup. interiore femoris spinulis 

 quinis vel septenis minoribus, in series binas digestis, angulo apicali vix 

 prominente, spinulis ternis vel quaternis instructo, in latere interiore spi- 

 nulis ternis parvis, in latere inferiore spinulis quatuordenis vel sedenis, in 

 series ternas digestis, armati. 



Lamina; dorsales prater sedecim priores marginate. 



Pleura; postice angustiuscula;, subrugose, sparse tenuiter porose, in an- 



