Pomona College Journal of Entomology 479 



Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus 



Mostly attainiiifj n Ifiigtli not abovt- [)0 mm.; rarely 100 or 120 mm. Lemon 

 yellow to reddish yellow, with or without green caudal borders to the dorsal 

 plates ; more rarely olive green to dark green with the head and last segment 

 then mostly yellowish brown. Prosternal teeth four to four, four to five. Legs one 

 to twenty with tarsal spine, leg twenty-one mostly without sueh. Pseudopleural 

 process ending mostly in four ])oints or spines, commonly a single spine on caudal 

 margin ectad of process. Prefemur of anal legs vcntrally with tliree rows of 

 three s])ines each, mesally without spines, but dorsally with four to six spines in 

 two rows; apical process bearing four spines (rarely five to eight). 



Cosmopolitan in warm and temperate regions. In the United States known 

 from Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Utah, and California. 



