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In [86 1, H. C. Wood 5 , better known by his work on the Fresh 

 Water Algae, commenced a series of pipers which culminated in a mono- 

 graph, "The Myriapoda of North America'', published in 1865, the 

 most important paper ever published on the subject in this country. In 

 the first paper he describes four species of Scolopoulra from America be- 

 sides numerous exotic species. 



In 1862 Dr. Koch 6 published his monograph of the genus Lithobius 

 in which he described L mordax and L transmarinus from Louisiana. 



Then follows the remainder of Wood's papers. His paper on the 

 Chilopoda appeared in 1863, in which he describes twenty-six new 

 species from America together with the new genera, Bothropolys and Opis 

 themega. In 1864 three papers appeared in the Proceedings of the 

 Philadelphia Academy; the first on the PolyJesmidce, describes ten new 

 species; the second on lulidce, describes eleven species of lulus and three 

 of Spirobolus; the third describes the new genera, Octogleria and Brachy- 

 cybe with 0. bivirgata and B. LeContei, new species. In 1865 appeared 

 his chief work "The Myriapoda of North America'' published by the 

 American Philosophical Society in quarto with three plates; this work 

 describes all the genera and species known to inhabit the United States 

 at that time, amounting to eighteen genera and ninety-two species. In 

 1867 two additional papers were published, describing new species from 

 Texas and California, the former with four species the latter with six 

 species. 



5 Horatio G. Wood Jr. Descriptions of new species of Scolopendra in the Col- 

 lection of the Academy. Proc. Phila. Acad. 1861, 10 — 15. 



On the Chilopoda of North America ( with Catalogue of all the specimens 



in the Collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Jour. Phila. Acad. n. s. V, 5—42, 

 1863. 



Descriptions ot new speci s ol N rth American l'olyde-mid.e. Proc. 



Phila. Acad. 1864, 6 — 10. 



Descriptions of new species of North American Iulidse. Proc. Phila. 



Acad. 1864, IO—15. 



Descriptions of new genera ami species of North American Myriapoda. 



Proc. Phila. Acad. 1864, 186-187. 



The Myriapoda of North America. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. XIII, 



137—248, 3 plates, 1865. 



Descriptions of new species of Texan Myriapoda. l'roc. Phila. Acad. 



1867, 42—44. 



: — Notes on a collection of California Myriapoda, with descriptions of new 



Eastern species. Proc. Phila. Acad. 1867, 127-130. 



,; Ludvoig Koch. Die Myriapodengattung Lithobius. pp. 9^, two plates. Niirn- 

 berg, 1862. 



