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It is rather curious that, although two genera inchiding six spe- 

 cies and subspecies occur in Haiti, two genera including two 

 species are found in Jamaica, and one genus with one species is 

 known from Puerto Rico, no onychophores have ever been discov- 

 ered in Cuba. 



Genus PERIPATUS Guilding 



PERIPATUS JULIFORMIS DANICUS Bonvier 



Peripatus jiiliformis var. danicus Bouviee, Quart. Jourii. Micr. Sci., vol. 43, 

 pp. 751-752, 1900; Ann. Sci. Nat, ser. 9, vol. 2, nos. 4-6, p. 245. pi. 7, fig. 52, 

 1905 (Jan. 1906). 



Peripatus danicnH A. H. Cl.\rk, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26. p. 17,1913. 



Locality. — Prosperity Garden, St. Croix, Virgin Islands: from 

 rotting stump of a mammea tree; H. A. Beatty. Five females and 

 four males. 



Notes. — The largest female is 45 mm long and 4 mm broad, with 

 31 pairs of legs; another is 42 mm long and 4 mm broad, with 32 

 pairs of legs; a third is 40 mm long and 3.5 mm broad, with 31 pairs 

 of legs; the fourth is 35 mm loug and 3 mm bi-oad, with 3'J }-)airs of 

 legs; and the fifth is 30 mm long and 2.7 mm broad, with 32 pairs 

 of legs. 



The males are as follows: 16 mm long and 2 mm broad, with 26 

 pairs of legs; 15 mm long and 2 mm broad, with 27 pairs of legs; 

 15 mm long and 2 mm broad, with 27 pairs of legs; and 9 mm long 

 and 2 mm broad, with 27 pairs of legs. 



Remarks. — This species was first recorded from St. Croix by Prof 

 Charles T. Brues in 1925 from specimens found under a rotten log 

 by Dr. Frank E. Lutz. 



Genus EPIPERIPATUS A. H. Cferk 



EPIPERIPATUS BARBOURI ^ Brues) 



Peripatus harbouri Brtks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. .54, no. S. p. ;U(), tigs. 1. 

 2, pi. 1, 1911. 



Locality. — Scarborough, Tobago; Allison V. Armour Expedition; 

 H. F. Loomis, February 19, 1932. Two females. 



yotes.— One of the specimens is 38 mm long and 3.7 nun broad, 

 with 34 pairs of legs ; the other is 22 mm long and 4 mm broad with 

 31 pairs of legs. Both specimens as preserved are light j'ellow -brown, 

 lighter beneath, and unmarked. The color in life was not recorded. 



Remarks. — This species was known heretofore only from the neigh- 

 boring island of Grenada. It appears to be quite different from 

 the form that I recorded from Tobago in 1913 under the name of 

 Peripatus (Epiperipafus) frinidaderiMs, but it is possible that some, 

 at least, of these differences may bo due to the poor condition of the 

 .specimen on which that record was based. 



