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t laiisN fist' sutur*' drop, iixt lulxTcuhito. I.MW'ial platrs tliick aiul «>1>- 

 tiisr, scarcely produrrd, Ucpu-^nattnial pore situatnl on tin- posterior 

 third and sliy:litly lu'iu-atli, smdvt'ii. Male: (icnitalia loii«; and sli-ndtT, 

 soiiu'wiiat expainU'd and oxravatrd towanls the rnd, wlii«li is Idlid. 

 Lcii-tli (dliody L'7""": widtli. L'..>""". 



llAiUTAT. — llavaini, Cuba. 



Tliis species is desciihrd from one maU' and ont' Irniale. l»olli in a 

 rallu-r IkkI condititm. I luive named this species alh'r its coMeetor — 

 Dr. Felipe Poey — wlio also sent nu' in the same c«dlection Orplnidus 

 Inosilinisis, MnisttKuphalus {ndhliiii/ii. Sn>lop> mhui tdtcnums, and .W/r- 

 portid lnntjU(trnis, 



3. Oeophilua salemeiisis, sp. nov. 



Frontal plate jMcsent, anal pores moderate. Lijjht red, liead, antenna', 

 hist sejinient and leet oran<;e. Wobnst, sli«jlitly attennated anteriorly, 

 more stron<;l.\ posteri<)rly, UKMh'rately smooth, spars«'ly pinnlate and 

 pilose. I'rehensorial feet pnnetate ami pilose; sternnm wider than Ion;; 

 (S:(;), anterior margin not prodneed; coxa* scarcely longer than wide 

 (.*?.r»:.'{), unainu'd; ont' small tooth. Cephalic plat*' longer than wide 

 (7 :."»..■)), snl)o\al, s|)arsely pnn«'tate and pilose; pr«'l)as:il plate exp«>s«'d; 

 l)asal plate aliont three times wider than h»n;;. Antenna' moderate, 

 joints rather lon^, two preceding' tlu' last not noti«'eat)ly shortened. 

 Dorsal plates plainly hisnlcate; anterior jiredorsal jdates e(pnil to pos- 

 terior. me«lian lonjjcst ; ventral plates with a natlian foveohe, sparsely 

 ])nnctat«'. Spira<'les ronnd, anterior lar^e, median and posterior snuill. 

 First jiair of feet mo<lerately short and slender, anterior and posterior 

 snl)e<inal. i'ostt'iior coxa' modeiately intlated, pilose. pi>r<>s IV'W and 

 m(»stly i'oncealed by the last ventral plate, w hich is wide, with the sides 

 snbstrai^ht ami rapidly conver^in^. i'airs of feet <d' male o 1-04, last 

 strongly crassate and densely i)ilose armed: female r>4-r»<», last slender, 

 armed, and pilose. Len^'th of body, 35-«i0""": width, l-l*""". 



llAiUTAT. — Salem, Indiana. 



i have »'xaniined live males and four females of this species. It is 

 more related to (ivophilus ruhcHs Say. 



4. Geophilus setiger, sii. nov. 



I'' rental idate absent; anal pore lar^e, conceahMl. Orange, head and 

 antenna' brown. Slender, moderately attennate<l jjosteriorly ; smooth, 

 sparsely pilose. Prehensorial feet sparsi'ly pilose, smooth, not punctate; 

 sternnm wider than lonyf (4:.'5), anterior margin not prodticed; coxa' 

 wider than lon^- (L':l.r»), nnarnu'd; one sin^h' acute tooth. Cephalic 

 plate snboval. longer than wide (t:.'?.")), smttoth, sparsely pilose; basal 

 plate much wider than h>n^ ( 1 :1..'{), i)artly e(>vere<l by <'e])halic plate. 

 Antenna' short, joints moderat*', two precedin.u" last snbecpial. DiU'sal 

 plates distinctly bisulcate; anterior predorsal jdates short. me«lian 

 lonjicr tlian i)osterior; ventral i)lateswith three longitudinal de[)res- 



