Schendylidae. 1093 



Eurygeophüns subg. n. v. Geophilus. Verhoefif, Zool. Anz. 22. Bd. p. 366. — 



miiUistiUger p 367 (Coimbra). — cf. nächst. Bericht. 

 Piestophilinae von den Geophilinae versch. dnrch die Verschmelzung aller 



Theile des Lab., ausgen. des apik. Gliedes des Labial-Palpus. Cook, Proc. 



Entoni. Soc. Washington vol. 4 p. 307. 

 Polj'cricns floridanus Cook, Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington p. 307 vol. 4 Taf. IV 



Fig. 2a— 2f (Sugar Loaf Key; Tampa). 



Schendylidae. 



Schendylidae (alt- vpie neuweltl., in d. malayischen Gebiet bis jetzt unbekannt) 



Cook, Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington vol. 4 p. 304. — Die Sp. leben im 



Humus der Wälder oder des Kulturbodens (excl. Pectiniunguis). Uebersicht 



der Gatt.: 



Ventral pores wanting; anal legs provided with a normal claw; pleural 



pores numerous, pigmented, scattered over the ventral surface of the 



last pleurae; last sternum narrow. 



Genus Escaryus, Type: E. phyllophilus. New York. 

 Ventr. por. pres.; claw of anal legs rudimentary or wanting; pleural 

 pores few, unpigmented, opening into 2 large cavities which are more 

 or less coucealed by the broad last sternum. 

 Anal legs 5-jointed. Genus Nannophilus, Type: N. eximius. Mittelmeer- 

 gebiet. 

 Anal legs 6 jointed. 

 Ventral pores arranged in two circular areas. 



Genus Schendylops, Type: S. grandidieri. Madagascar. 

 Ventr. por. arr. in a single, median, circular area. 



Claw of max. palpus simple; mandibles with a single dentate lamella; 

 last Joint of anal legs rauch smaller than the preceding. 



Genus Schendyla, Type: S. nemorensis. Europ. u. N.-Amer. 

 Claw of max. palp. pectinate; mandibles w. 3 dentate lamellae; last Joint 



of anal legs as long or longer than the preceding. 

 Labial a. max. sterna distinct; labr. free except in the middle; anal legs 

 slender in both sexes. 



Genus Ctenophilus, Type: C. africanus. Liberia. 

 Labial a. max. coalesced in the middle; labr. entirely coalesced; anal legs 

 crassate, especially in the ^. Genus Pectiniunguis. 



Type : P. americanus. Calif. a. Florida Keys. 

 Ctenophilus siehe Schendylidae. 

 Escaryus siehe Schendylidae. 

 sibiricus (von phyllophilus versch. „in the much larger size, more attenuate 

 wider cephalic lamina, less promin. nodule of the femur of the 

 prehensors, the very numerous and close-set pleural pores a. the 

 minute claw of the anal legs. The sterna have very deep median 

 foveola a. are beset with short hairs, but are entirely without pores. 

 Anal legs of (^ crassate, strongly curved, a. densely hirsute") Cook, 

 Proc. Entom. Soc, Washington, vol. 4 p. 304 Anm. (Vladivostock, 

 Siberia). 



