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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.06 
  

  

  pi. 
  8, 
  figs. 
  64, 
  65, 
  text 
  figs. 
  100-103, 
  p. 
  273, 
  1905 
  (Santar^m; 
  ?San 
  Pablo, 
  

   Panama); 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Philomatique, 
  ser. 
  9, 
  vol. 
  10, 
  pp. 
  50-52, 
  1908 
  (M^rida, 
  

   Venezuela; 
  San 
  Pablo, 
  Panama, 
  confirmed). 
  — 
  Fuhrmann, 
  M^m. 
  Soc. 
  

   Neuchat. 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  190, 
  1912 
  (Brazil 
  and 
  Guiana 
  to 
  Panama), 
  

  

  Epiperipatus 
  brasiliensis 
  A. 
  H. 
  Clark, 
  Proc. 
  Biol. 
  Soc. 
  Washington, 
  vol. 
  26, 
  p. 
  18, 
  

   1913 
  (listed); 
  Smithsonian 
  Misc. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  63, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  2, 
  1914 
  (listed 
  from 
  

   Panama); 
  vol. 
  65, 
  No. 
  1, 
  p. 
  23, 
  1915 
  (San 
  Pablo, 
  Panama; 
  from 
  Bouvier). 
  — 
  

   Fuhrmann, 
  Abh. 
  Senck. 
  naturf. 
  Ges., 
  vol. 
  36, 
  Heft 
  2, 
  pp. 
  277-283. 
  1915. 
  

  

  Peripatus 
  (Epiperipalus) 
  brasiliensis 
  var. 
  vagans 
  Bruep, 
  Psj'che, 
  vol. 
  32, 
  No. 
  3, 
  

   p. 
  162, 
  1925 
  (Barro 
  Colorado 
  Island, 
  Las 
  Cascadas, 
  Fort 
  Sherman, 
  and 
  

   Chinilla, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  Rio 
  Tapia, 
  Panama; 
  description). 
  

  

  New 
  records. 
  — 
  Barro 
  Colorado 
  Island, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  J. 
  Zetek, 
  

   January-May, 
  1942. 
  Females: 
  (1) 
  50 
  mm. 
  long, 
  3.5 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  33 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (2) 
  40 
  mm. 
  long, 
  3 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  33 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (3) 
  

  

  30 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  31 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (4) 
  23 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2 
  mm. 
  

   broad, 
  33 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  Males: 
  (1) 
  30 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2.5 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  29 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (2) 
  18 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  29 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (3) 
  

   17 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2 
  m^m. 
  broad, 
  29 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  

  

  Barro 
  Colorado 
  Island, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  J. 
  Zetek, 
  August 
  1933. 
  Male: 
  

   42 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2.5 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  29 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  

  

  Balboa, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  J. 
  Zetek, 
  1944. 
  Females: 
  (1) 
  55 
  mm. 
  long, 
  32 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (2) 
  52 
  mm. 
  long, 
  32 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  (3) 
  13 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

  

  31 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs. 
  

  

  Range. 
  — 
  Brazil 
  (Santarem); 
  Venezuela 
  (Merida); 
  Panama 
  (San 
  

   Pablo, 
  Rio 
  Tapia) 
  ; 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  (Barro 
  Colorado 
  Island, 
  Balboa, 
  Las 
  

   Cascadas, 
  Fort 
  Sherman, 
  Rio 
  Chinilla). 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Individuals 
  from 
  Panama 
  and 
  the 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  represent 
  the 
  

   variety 
  vagans 
  Brues. 
  

  

  On 
  Barro 
  Colorado 
  island 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  usually 
  found 
  under 
  

   fallen 
  logs 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  and 
  in 
  leaf 
  mold, 
  occurring 
  also 
  between 
  the 
  

   broad 
  sheaths 
  of 
  old 
  fronds 
  and 
  the 
  truniv 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  palms. 
  

   It 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  occasionally 
  in 
  the 
  ground-termite 
  nests 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   discovered 
  when 
  the 
  test 
  stakes 
  were 
  pulled 
  up. 
  

  

  EPIPERIPATUS 
  EDWARDSII 
  (Blanchard) 
  

  

  Peripatus 
  edwardsii 
  Blanchard, 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  zooL, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  8, 
  p. 
  140, 
  1847 
  

   (Cayenne) 
  ; 
  Rech. 
  Anat. 
  et 
  Zool. 
  faites 
  pendant 
  un 
  Voyage 
  en 
  Sicile, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  

   p. 
  64, 
  1849. 
  

  

  Peripatus 
  edwardsi 
  Bouvier, 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  zool., 
  ser. 
  9, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  301, 
  pi. 
  9, 
  

   figs. 
  74-79, 
  text 
  figs. 
  5, 
  p. 
  15, 
  and 
  111, 
  p. 
  308, 
  1905 
  (Panama; 
  Dari6n).— 
  

   Fuhrmann, 
  M6m. 
  Soc. 
  Neuchat. 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  190, 
  1912 
  (Brazil 
  and 
  

   Guiana 
  to 
  Panama). 
  

  

  Epiperipatus 
  edwardsi 
  A. 
  H. 
  Clark, 
  Proc. 
  Biol. 
  Soc. 
  Washington, 
  vol. 
  26, 
  p. 
  18, 
  

   1913 
  (listed); 
  Smithsonian 
  Misc. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  63, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  2, 
  1914 
  (Isthmus 
  

   of 
  Panama; 
  from 
  Bouvier); 
  vol. 
  65, 
  No. 
  1, 
  p. 
  23, 
  1915 
  (Panama; 
  Dari6n; 
  

   from 
  Bouvier). 
  — 
  Fuhrmann, 
  Abh. 
  Senck. 
  naturf. 
  Ges., 
  vol. 
  36, 
  Heft 
  2, 
  pp. 
  

   277-283, 
  1915 
  (listed). 
  

  

  