Tin: MVKI\IM)DA OF NOKTH AMKKK'A. 51 



lior .sr;,'imMit. K>»'H iiuliMtiiM't. «iil» cin'iil;ir; imtIII 4'), iinaiigt'd in 8 

 H«Mi«'S. Sf^riiii'iits, 4H. Si«h».H of Hist f*r;;iiu'iit ariito, iiuii>;iiiaU', ante- 

 run- ImihUm- simittt««, iinMl«T:it«'ly simM»tli; soniiid st»;jiiu'iit utroiiKly pro- 

 •liireiliuid tiiiiHMl foi wanlH, tin- lobr quadrate. OtlhT st-KiiH'iits densely 

 piiiMtate, and witli immerous short lines; striie UHMlerate, ooiiceiitric. 

 hast si'iriiuMit loiiiMlcd, smooth; anal valvrs not mary:inati'; anal scjih* 

 transvt'tsr. I{r|)ii;;nat«»iial pore small, plaml in thr anterior division, 

 suture bent. Pairs of ffet, 'M), altont r(|nalin« the witlth of body, 



Len;;th of body. 7.V ; width, 10 



JIahihit — St. N'lment, liOwer ^'silitornia. 



1 have one broken exami»h« of this speeies from the above hnality, 

 eollerted by Mr. ('harles H. Oreutt, of San Dieifo, (jal. The speeimen 

 before me a;,'rees with the short de.seription j^iven in the Journal <'ited 

 above. 



10. SplroboluB spinigerus W<hmI. 



SpiruholuM KitiHhjrniH Wood, I'ruv. Auwl. Nut. 8«>i. I'liihi., l.'t, 1K64 ( F'lori«U tiiul 

 .Sou Ml Ciiruliiui). 



Dark ;i;reenish ]»rown or bUurk, set^nients edy:ed with brownish rod, 

 feet and antenna' red. Moderately robust, anterior sejjjments some- 

 what attenuate, barely erassate, oidy the anterior and posterior seg- 

 ments i>un«'tate, rest smooth. Vertex smooth, very finely and Hi)arsely 

 punctate, puuetations not numerous between eyes, suh'us barely <()ntin- 

 uous; elypeal tbveohe 10-12. Antenna' moderate, usually reaehinj; the 

 middle of seeoml se^nnent. Eyes indistinet, subtriangular; ocelli, 3.")-45, 

 arranged in (i or 7 series. Segments, 4.')-.")2: First .segment with the 

 sides subacute, marginate, anterior margin sinuate, smooth, finely 

 l)unctate; second .segment not nuich i)ro<luced beneath. Other segments 

 snjooth.not punctate, striie of the anterior segments weak, not much de- 

 curved, more s(> posteriorly. Ijast segment smooth, finely punctate, 

 pointed, but not passing the anal valves ; anal valves moderetely smooth 

 marginate; anal scale rounded. Repugnatorial pore large, placed ou 

 the anterior part, suture bent. Pairs of feet, 84-08, not extending much 

 beyond sides of body. Male: coxa' of the third and fourth [)airs of feet 

 produced into long appendages. Ventral plate i)roduced into a lobe 

 as in wj^*r///«a/».v, but longer and m(U'e slender, (ienitalia: inner part 

 of anterior pLite higher than the ventral lobe, rough, sinuate on the 

 upper edge near the outer side, external ])art with the end curved 

 8har[dy bai-kwards and outwards; posterior plate divided as in mnr(/i- 

 natiis^ upper lobe or part grooved, the end nmnded, a sharp, robust 

 spine on the inner side, the lower or inner lobe thin, the end angular. 

 Length of body, (JO-80""": width, o-O""". 



Habitat. — Florida and South Carolina. 



I have examiiu'd numerous specimens of this species from Pensacola, 

 Florida. 



