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Genus ASPIDOPLERES, Porat. 

 AspidoJeres, Porat, Bih. t. k. Svenska Vet. Akad. Hand., Afd. IV, No. 7, p. 15, 1893. 

 Type. — Aspidopleres intercalatus, Porat. 

 Distribution. — Damaralaiul. 



Genus ORPHN^^US, Meinert. 

 Orphna'us, Meinekt, Nat. Tidsskr., VII, p. 17, 1870. 



Type. — Orphnceus phosphoreus (LiniuBus). ' 

 Distribution. — Tropics of both hemispheres. 



Genus NOTIPHILIDES, Latzel. 

 Noti2)hUides, Latzel, Zoologiscber Anzeiger, III, No. 68, p. 546, 1880. 

 Type. — Notiphilides maximiliani (Humbert and Saussure).- 

 Distribution. — Mexico. 



It may be that Mesocanthus, Meiuert, shoukl be placed in this family, 

 but though the maudibles are said to have only pectinate laniellw, it 

 would appear from Meiuert's diagram that they are of a character 

 entirely different from those of Orya and OrpJmceus. 



Family HIMANTAEIID^:, new name. 

 NoUp}iUidce, C. L. Koch, System der Myriapodeu, 1847. 

 Antennte attenuate; frontal lamina coalesced or distinct; cephalic 

 lamina concealing the prehensors; prebasal lamina obsolete; basal very 

 broad; labrum entire, free; mandibles with one deutate and several 

 pectinate lamellae; labial sternum entire, simple; labial palpus one- 

 jointed; interior labial process distinct; maxillary sternum entire; 

 claw of maxillary palpus excavate (spoon-shaped), more or less pec- 

 tinate; prehensorial sternum very broad, with chitinous lines; supra- 

 scutella i)resent, in one or more rows, or wanting; ventral pores in 

 one central area; anal pleunie more or less inflated, with few or many 

 pores; anal pores wanting; genital palpi two-jointed; anal legs six- 

 jointed, without claw. Pairs of legs, 67-173. 



Genus H IM ANTARIUM, C. L. Koch. 

 Himantarium , C. L. Koch, System der Myriapoden, p. 82, 1847. 

 Type. — Himantarium gabrielis (Linniieus).' 

 Distribution. — South Euro])e; North Africa. 



Genus BOTH RIOGASTER, Seliwanoff. 



NotiphUiiti, C. L. Koch, System der Myriapoden, p. 82, 1847. 

 Bothriofjatiter, Seliwanoff, Zool. Anzeiger, XLIII, p. 620, 1879. 



Type. — Bothriogaster signatus (Kessler).'' 

 Distribution. — Greece to Turkestan. 



'Syst. Nat., Ed. X, p. 368, 1770. =»Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, p. 1063, 1766. 



* Kevue et Mag. d. Zool., 1870, p. 205. " Trudy, Russ. Entom. Obsz., VIII, p. 39. figs. 4, 5. 



