100 Mr. G. Newport on new species of Myriapoda. 



42. <S. picta, mihi. Body yellowish olive ; cephalic segment dark 

 chestnut marked with green ; mandibles, labium, posterior seg- 

 ment and anal appendages bright red ; legs and antennse bluish 

 green ; teeth eight, distinct, obtuse ; basilar joint of posterior legs 

 slender, subcylindrical, with six marginal spinulse ; inferior sur- 

 face excavated, with ten minute spines in a double longitudinal 

 series. 



43. — viridifrons, mihi. Orange, with the anterior of the cephalic 

 segment, and the posterior of the dorsal, and the posterior legs 

 and antennae dark green ; teeth eight, small, obtuse ; posterior 

 legs elongated, subcylindrical, with four minute marginal spines ; 

 inferior surface slightly excavated, with four spines arranged in 

 two longitudinal series. 



44. — punctiventris, mihi. Head and dorsal surface greenish brown ; 

 antennae green ; mandibles and labium bright orange ; legs yellow, 

 posterior pair olive ; teeth eight, distinct, the internal ones slightly 

 elongated ; anal appendages deeply punctured ; posterior legs short, 

 with four marginal spines, the inferior surface with six spines ar- 

 ranged in three series, two in each series. Florida. 



45. — Westwoodii, mihi. Dark green ; legs yellow ; cephalic seg- 

 ment, mandibles, posterior legs and segment orange red ; teeth 

 six, minute, obtuse, black ; basilar and second segment of the pos- 

 terior legs large, subconical, convex ; internal margin and surface 

 with two spines on the surface and three on the margin ; inferior 

 surface deeply excavated, with four minute spines on the external 

 and two on the inner margin ; anal scale elongated, margin straight ; 

 anal appendages elongated, punctured, orange. Australia : Brit. 

 Mus. and Banksian cabinets. 



46. — subminiata, mihi. Head, mandibular apparatus, posterior legs 

 and segment vermilion ; body depressed, yellowish, with the pos- 

 terior margin of the segments green ; legs yellow ; teeth six, short, 

 obtuse ; legs as in S. Westwoodii ; anal appendages short, obtuse ; 

 apex bifid. Australia. 



It is not improbable that this may be a variety of S. Westtvoodii. 



Genus Crypto ps. Leach. 



1. C. posticus, Say. 



2. — anomalans, mihi. Yellow ; antennae fifteen-jointed ; basilar 

 segment very large ; labium narrow ; segments quadrate, with two 

 lateral, impressed, oblique lines ; preanal scale subquadrate, mar- 

 gin rounded ; lateral anal appendages deeply punctured, short and 

 rounded. Length 1| inch. ? 



3. — sexspinosus. Say. 



4. — hortensis, Leach. 



5. — Savignii, Leach. 



Genus Mecistocephalus, Newport. 



1. M. punctifrons, Newp. 



2. — punctilabium, Newp. 



