88 HULLETIN 4fi, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



6. RhacophoruB magnus, x]k imv. 



Jfiof/HoslH. — licliiK'd to /»'. nun'initus (Knvm-h), Imt with iiii iiHlistiiirt 

 row of tulMTch's :iloii<; anterior ainl po.sti'iior niar;;iiis of sc'^imiits. aixl 

 a fd'W on lateral farina', 



DcHcriplion of HpecivH, — Brown, 1ojl;s Ii;;lit clirstnut ; robust, wido and 

 «l(']>rrss«'il,sli;:litly att«Miuat(Ml anteriorly. S('<;nn'nts with a transvtMse 

 suhais an in marantus; tnbrrclos indistinct, arranj^cd in a more or less 

 iir('j;:ular row alonj; tlu' niar^jins, thriM' or four larjje scales on lateral 

 <arina'; lateral cariine lav<,^e, stionyl^^ niar;;in<'d, antericn- anjjles 

 rounded, posterior nuicli produced. Ivcpuji'natorial por«' lari^e, subapi- 

 «*al, inarj^inal. Length of last fnurtctu s«';;nients L'L*.."i""", width of 

 seventh sejfnient l..!""". 



The tyjMMd' this species is a mutilated leniale, of which .the head ami 

 iirst six sej^ments are lost. On account of this I have been unable to 

 d(!termine the sub<:'cnus unless it belongs to the same as iitaranti(s. 

 Karsch has described two other species of this <:-enns from Cuba, but 

 both belon;i' to the snbiienus (Jri/ptoiirsntiis and lack the transvei'se 

 dorsal snh;us. This is the larj^est Jilidchphonix kn(»wn. 



7. Orphnaeus brasiliensis Mriiiort. 



The collection contains a fine female, which a}Xi»'»^s very well with 

 Dr. Meinert's descriiition of this 8])ecies. This is the first record of 

 this species from the West Intlies. 



0. Mecistocepixalus punctifrons \c\vi>ort. 



There are a few sj^'cimens in the collection whi<'h I refer to this s]>e- 

 cies, a.^reein*;" with J)r, Meineit in considerinj;' M. ffi(il((itt(/ii a doubtful 

 si»ccies and identical with ^[. punctifrons. 



9. Scolopendia alternans l.t'ivch. 



()n(^ female of this species sent by Professor Poey. 



10. Newportia longitarsis Ncw^xnt." 



Scolopocri/plopx liniffilarsix NewjHirt. Liiin. Trans., 407, pi. 40, fi«». 10, 1811 (St. 



I'iiicnit). 

 Xrwjtorl'nt loiii/Udrsi.i (Jcrvais, Ai)tiT(^s. iv, 2!tS, IS 17; Xcwixnt, Cat. Myr. Brit. 



Mu8., r>7, 1S.")(), 



Rufous, Lead and ])ostcrior border of sej^ments darkest, antennae and 

 leji'.s pal(\ Moderately robust, smooth, si)arsely ])unctate. Head sub- 

 o\al, sparsely ])unctate and pilose, not marg'ued. posterior half with 

 two lonj;'itudinal sulci. Antenine short, attenuate, 17 jointed, basal 

 Joints crassate, all except the tirst two hirsute. Prosternum not promi- 

 nent, callose, sinuate. Anal legs very huig- and slender, somewhat de- 

 pressed, femora armed with abcuit 22 large and small hooked spines 

 which are arranged in four or five series, tibia with two long spines 

 beneath, femora and tibia with numerous hooked hairs on the inside. 

 l*enultimate i>air of legs witli th«^ tibia and Iirst tarsal Joint also fur- 

 nished with numerous hooked hairs. 



