72 ARRANGEMENT OF THE GEOPHILIDM—COOK. vol. xviii. 



that Scotopliihis is i^reoccupied. Bollman has proposed the generic 

 name MeinerUa to take the phiee of Scofophilus, but this can not be 

 used unless deria, the type of Henia, and hicarinatus^ the type of Scoto- 

 philus, prove not to be congeneric. Tliis is not impossible, for Koch's 

 species is credited with 154 pairs of legs, while hicarinatns has only 

 about half as nuiny. 



Genus CHyETECHELY N E, Meinert. 

 Chwtechelyne, Meinekt, Natiuh. Tidsskr., \\\. y. 44, 1870. 



Type. — Chwtechelyne vcsuciaiKi ( Newport ).' 

 Distribution. — South ICurope; Nortli Africa. 



Family GEOPHILID.K, Leach. 

 Geophilida', Leacii, Trau.s. LiDn. Soc. London, XI, pt. ii, p. ii84, 1814. . 



Antenme filiform; frontal lamina distinct or coalesced; cephalic 

 lamina not concealing the prehensors; prebasal lamina i)resent or 

 obsolete; basal lamina narrow; labruni tripartite. Mandibles with a 

 single pectinate lamella; labial sternum entire or bifid, simple or with 

 a i)rocess; labial palpus two-Jointed, simple, or with a process; interior 

 labial process usually distinct; maxillary sternum entire or divided; 

 claw of maxillary pali)us not excavate or pectinate; i)rehensorial 

 sternum narrow, chitinous lines present or wanting ; su})rascutella want- 

 ing; ventral pores on posterior half of segments, not in a definite area; 

 anal pleurie more or less inflated, pores few or many; anal pores present 

 or wanting; genital palpi two-jointed. Pairs of legs, 31-109. 



Genus GEOPHILUS, Leach. 



Geophilns, Leach, Traus. Linn. Soc l^ondoii. XL i>t. u, p. 884, 181t. 

 Type. — Geophilus carpophcujus, Leach. 

 Distribution. — Europe; I^orth Africa. 



Genus MECISTOCEPH ALUS, Newport. 

 MevintoctphalHn, Newi'OUT, Proc. Zool. !Soc. London, |). 178, 1842. 



Type. — MeciHtoeeph id us <it ten u <i t us ( Say ) .' 



Distribution. — Eastern North America; Europe; North Africa. 



Genus ORINOPHILUS, new name. 

 OrinoniKs, Attems, Sitzuugsb. d. Kais. Akad. d. Wissen.s. Wieu, CIV, p. 166, 1895. 



Type. — Orinophilus oliyopus (Attems).' 

 Distribution. — Austria. 



' Trans. Linn. Soc, XIX, p. 435. 



sjonni. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, p. 114. 



•'Sitzungsher. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, CIV, ]>. 167, pi. i, lig. 11. 



