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5d™™ ; diameter, 3'"'". There are seven specimens in the collection, all 

 found in Bloomington Township, Monroe County:, Indiana. 



€. Inlus multiannulatus, spec. uov. 



This is the largest species of Inlus yet described as belongmg to North 

 America. Black annulate with brown. Cephalic subsegments smooth, 

 polished, and black; caudal subsegments variegated with brown and 

 closely and deeply conaliculate dorsad and ventrad. Segments, 10. 

 Body and head nowhere pilose. Mncro very small. Eyes brown, -48 in 

 number, arranged in a linear patch ..::.■.■... close to the base of each an- 

 tenna. Antennae pilose and moderately long and slender. Legs pilose 

 and equal in length to the diameter of the body. Length, IGo""" ; diam- 

 eter, 8.5""". 



The specimen which furnished this description was found by the chil- 

 dren of Mr. Justus M. T. Myers, near Fort Madison, Iowa. 



7. Geophilus brunneus, spec. iiov. 



Olive-brown, cephalic segment deep orange, caudal segment and 

 caudal legs light orange, the remaining legs concolorous with the body. 

 Cephalic scutum irregularly isunctate, nearly as broad as long, and 

 slightly broader proportionally in the female than in the male, slightly 

 abruptly narrowed cephalad. Cephalic scutum in the male is .86""" long, 

 .77""' wide ; in the female .94"'"' long by .86"'"' wide. Antennae moder- 

 ately pilose, 2.66""" long. Labium plainly canaliculate, punctate, and 

 emarginate cephalad. Mandibles sparsely pilose, with one very small 

 tooth. Scuta pilose ; scuta-episcutal sutures very plain, with a greener 

 tinge than the other parts of the dorsum ; cephalad i)arallel caudad di- 

 vergent. Sterna punctate ; sterna-episternal sutures plain, with small 

 mesal depressions of elliptical shape. Legs pilose, in the male 47 pp., 

 in the female 49 pp.; caudal legs of the female little modified, 1.23""", 

 pair cephalad to these l"""long; caudal legs of the mah) greatly en- 

 larged and more pilose; tibial .19'""' thick, .26""" long. Coxae of caudal 

 legs plainly pitted. Body 23""'" long, 1.16"'"' wide. 



This species is rare in Bloomington Township, Monroe County, Indi- 

 ana. There are three specimens in the collection, 



S. Geophilus indianas, spec. nov. 



Fuscous, cephalic segment reddish orange, caudal extremity of the 

 body light orange. Cephalic plate .96'""' long, .94""' wide ; cephalic half 

 semicircular; caudal margin truncate, .54'"'" in length; cephalic margin 

 very slightly emarginate. A row of setae projects laterad from the lat- 

 eral margins of the cephalic plate and mesad to these two parallel rows 

 of setae ; the surface is unevenly and sparsely punctate. Antennae mod- 

 erately pilose, 2.14'"'" long. Mandibles very slightly pilose, with one 

 almost obsolete tooth. Labium evenly and deeply punctate, indistinctly 

 canaliculate, and scarcely emarginate. Scuta-episcutal sutures very 

 plain. Sterna-episternal sutures and mesal depressions ve-ry i)lain. 



