WEST INDIAN CENTIPEDES — CRABILL 171 



Scolopendra morsitans Lione. Four specimens, Godrmgtoii, Bar- 

 buda, April 27, 1956. This species is like subspinipes in being wide- 

 spread in the world tropics, but unlike it in being common in the 

 Midten-anean perimeter. 



Cormocephalus impressus Porat {?=guildingii Newport). Three 

 specimens. Indigo Wells, Barbuda, April 26, 1958. The specimens 

 key out to impressus in Attems' monograph (1930, p. 104), but are 

 very likely referable to the earlier Newport name that Attems consid- 

 ered too poorly characterized for inclusion in his revision of the species. 



Family Cryptopidae 



Newportia longitarsi.s (Newport). One adult, Little Harbor, Jost 

 van Dyke, April 1, 1958; one adult, Castle Bruce Junction, Dominica, 

 March 24, 1956, in bromeliads. The specimens do not coincide 

 exactly with the synthetic diagnosis presented by Attems (1930, p. 

 201), but seem sufficiently close to justify the present provisional allo- 

 cation. The species is probably widespread and common in the 

 Antilles, in Central America, and in northern South America where it 

 lias already been reported, 



Scolopocryptops (formerly Otocryptops) ferruginea (Linne). Two 

 adults, Castle Bruce, Dominica, March 24, 1956, in bromeliads. 

 Originally described from Africa, the species' name has been applied 

 to presumed conspecific forms in the New World tropics. Whatever 

 its rightful name, the species is evidently quite common in Mexico, 

 southern Central America, throughout the Antilles (and perhaps the 

 West Indies in general), and in northern South America. 



Order Geophilomorpha 

 Family Oryidae 



NotipMlides maximiliani (Humbert and Saussure). Adult female, 

 87 pedal segments, adult male, 89 pedal segments, Soper's Hole, 

 Tortola, March 31 , 1958, in refuse. This species is apparently entirely 

 neotropical; it is also widespread and common. It has been recorded 

 from Mexico and Central America, from the Antilles, and from 

 northern South America. 



Orphnaeus brasilianus (Humbert and Saussure). One adult male 

 with 71 pedal segments, Soper's Hole, Tortola, March 31, 1958, in 

 refuse. This striking species is undoubtedly very widespread in the 

 American tropics. It has been recorded from South America from 

 about the Tropic of Capricorn northward in scattered localities, and 

 from Central America. It may be widespread in the West Indies as 

 well. There is some question regarding its specific distinctiveness 



