Meinert.] - v '^ [Oct. 2, 



Pedum articulus primus tarsalis, pedibus binis posterioribus exceptis, 

 calcare armatus. 



Pedes anales longiusculi vel longi, sat graciles, in margine sup. interiore 

 femoris paulum vel sat deplanati spinulis biuis tenuibus, interdum evani- 

 dis, angulo apicali in spinam longam angustatam, srepissime bifidam pro- 

 ducts, armati. 



Laminae dorsales prater sex vel undecim priores marginatae. 



Pleurae posticae amplae, sublasves, densissime tenuius porosae, in angulum 

 majorem, bifidum productae, margine postico in obliquum leviter arcuato, 

 inermi. 



Lamina ultima ventralis longiuscula, angustiuscula, valde angustata, 

 post rotundate truncata. 



Long. 160-170 mm. 



Hah. This species also is spi'ead over the whole tropical and 

 subtropical world, and I have seen specimens from : Society Is- 

 lands, Mr. A. Garrett; Pennaculum, S. India, D. C. Scudder 

 (var. : Sc. histrionica C. L. Koch) ; Africa, without further nar- 

 rative of the locality ; San Francisco, Cal., T. Gr. Cary, Jr. (an 

 original specimen of Dr. Wood's Sc. bispinipes). 



1G. Scolopendra Lndica, n. sp. 



Olivaceo-flava, ante et post obscurior, supra saepe viridi-olivacea, capite 

 cum antennis atque fascia media virescentibus, pedibus antennisque flavo- 

 brunneis ; minus robusta, sublaevis, ante sparse leviter punctata, laminis 

 ventralibus manifesto bisulcatis ; capite fere rotundato, post arcuatim 

 sulcato, a lamina prima dorsali partim obtecta vel laminam illam obtegens. 

 Antennae longiusculae, ad basin valde incrassatae, 17-19-articulata?, praeter 

 articulos decern priores dense birsutae, articulis plurimis longiusculis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (exteriores valde discreti), magni, truncati 

 (exteriores acuti) ; dens coxalis major, acutus. 



Pedum articulus primus tarsalis, pedibus binis posterioribus exceptis, 

 calcare armatus. 



Pedes anales breviusculi, sat incrassati, deplanati, in latere sup. interiore 

 femoris spinulis ternis parvis, angulo apicali brevi, bi- vel trifido, in latere 

 interiore spinulis ternis vel quinis, in series binas digestis, in latere inf. 

 interiore spinulis binis vel quaternis, in latere inferiore spinulis septenis 

 vel octonis, in series binas digestis, armati. 



Lamin.-v dorsales modo tres vel quatuor posteriores marginatae. 



Pleura' posticae angustiusculee, subrugosa\ dense tenuiter porosae, in 

 angulum breviorem vel longiorem, acutiusculum, trifidum, in latere 

 spinula singula instructum producta>, margine postico in obliquum levis- 

 sime sinuato, ad angulum exteriorem spinula parva arrriato. 



Lamina ultima ventralis brevis, latiuscula, lateribus rotundatis, valde 

 angustata, post latissime rotundata vel rotundate truncata. 



Lonsr. 60 mm. 



