﻿NO. 
  1137. 
  AFRICAN 
  STRONGYLOSOMATIDAE— 
  COOK. 
  697 
  

  

  Copiilatory 
  legs 
  consisting' 
  distally 
  of 
  a 
  broad 
  lamina 
  and 
  a 
  narrower 
  

   curved, 
  pointed 
  process 
  which 
  from 
  the 
  ventral 
  view 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  cross 
  its 
  

   fellow 
  and 
  in 
  lateral 
  aspect 
  extends 
  at 
  first 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  leg 
  

   and 
  then 
  bends 
  to 
  become 
  somewhat 
  parallel 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Length 
  28 
  mm., 
  width 
  2.5 
  mm.; 
  length 
  of 
  antenna 
  7.4 
  mm., 
  of 
  leg 
  

   from 
  tenth 
  segment 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Locality. 
  — 
  Liberia. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  rather 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  forests 
  of 
  

   western 
  Liberia. 
  When 
  disturbed 
  the 
  living 
  animals 
  run 
  away 
  with 
  

   considerable 
  speed 
  and 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  long, 
  stilt-like 
  legs 
  have 
  an 
  

   appearance 
  quite 
  unlike 
  Diplopoda 
  of 
  other 
  families. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  No. 
  617, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  A 
  male 
  specimen 
  collected 
  at 
  Monrovia. 
  

  

  SCOLODESMUS 
  SECURIS 
  Cook. 
  

   Scolodesmus 
  securis 
  Cook, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  265. 
  

  

  Color 
  dark 
  vinous, 
  without 
  lighter 
  median 
  spots, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  spec- 
  

   imens 
  not 
  fully 
  colored 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  dark 
  median 
  line; 
  legs 
  and 
  

   antennae 
  distinctly 
  brownish, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  dark 
  as 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Copulatory 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  larger 
  lamina 
  much 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  

   falcate 
  than 
  in 
  *8. 
  graUator, 
  being 
  shaped 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  broad 
  billhook. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  hairy 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  leg 
  is 
  also 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  S. 
  grallator. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  male 
  18 
  mm., 
  width 
  l.G 
  mm.; 
  length 
  of 
  antenna 
  and 
  of 
  leg 
  

   from 
  the 
  tenth 
  segment, 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Locality. 
  — 
  Togo 
  Colony, 
  Misahohe, 
  Baumann, 
  "/m 
  Urivaldmoder.^^ 
  

   There 
  are 
  numerous 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  throughout 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  8. 
  grallator, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  offers 
  considerable 
  differences 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  copulatory 
  

   legs. 
  The 
  sternum 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  legs 
  has 
  the 
  process 
  more 
  deeply 
  bifid 
  

   than 
  in 
  former 
  species. 
  

  

  SCOLODESMUS 
  SCUTIGERINUS 
  (Porat). 
  

  

  StrongyJosoma 
  scutif/erinum 
  Porat, 
  Bihaiig 
  till 
  K. 
  Sv. 
  Vet.-Akad. 
  Handl., 
  IV, 
  

   No. 
  5, 
  p. 
  37, 
  pi. 
  II, 
  fig. 
  9, 
  1894. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  probably 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Berlin 
  

   Museum 
  from 
  North 
  Kamerun, 
  collected 
  by 
  Conradt. 
  The 
  copulatory 
  

   legs 
  are, 
  as 
  appears 
  from 
  Porat's 
  figure, 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  

   slender 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  8. 
  grallator 
  or 
  S. 
  securis, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  divided 
  at 
  

   apex 
  somewhat 
  differently 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  species. 
  The 
  habit, 
  carinae, 
  

   and 
  secondary 
  sexual 
  characters 
  are 
  also 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  genus, 
  

   but 
  the 
  color 
  j)attern 
  is 
  very 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  species, 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  subsegments 
  being 
  dark 
  brown 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  nearly 
  white 
  

   on 
  the 
  specimen 
  in 
  hand. 
  According 
  to 
  Porat, 
  the 
  colors 
  are 
  very 
  

   variable, 
  but 
  unless 
  he 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  measurements 
  of 
  young 
  animals 
  

   he 
  was 
  probably 
  dealing 
  with 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  species, 
  for 
  the 
  specimen 
  

   studied 
  is 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  fully 
  equals 
  Porat's 
  largest 
  measurements, 
  32 
  

   mm 
  by 
  3 
  mm 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  brown, 
  the 
  legs 
  whitish. 
  

  

  