100 IIULLKTIN h>, I'MTKl) HTATKS NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



32. Scolopeiidra woodi .Mcim-it. Ac. 1!).VI2, 1, liuliaii ^itriu^si, (ia.; L. M. I'u- 

 derwooU. 



33 Scolopeiidra heroB (iirunl. I'luritla. F. K. Mrek ; Tort h'cviioldtt, A. ( luii^li. 



34. Scolopeiidra pachyputt Koliiiiinsrli. An. l)i:tl. >>!iii liit>;:(>, (al. 



A.»* shown l>y lh«' tli;iiart«'r t»f tlie iiiial \v^s thit* sjH'rics sci'iiis to ln' 

 siin'Minitly <li.>*tiiirt IVoni lnrox. 



35. Lithobius prorideiis ISolliiiaii. Wa.Hliiiigtoii. !'.('.; .1. H. 8iiiitii. 

 One siH'tiiiR'ii. 



36. Lithobius obesus Stuxlar;.'. No. 7.!«. I'. S. N. >i.. Salt Lake ()ity. Utah. 



In tliis vial, alony w itli a lew 1:«'\(>|mk1s, I I'onnd a niah* LHIiohiiOi, 

 vliicli 1 provisionally n'lri' t<) this sjn'cieis. 



As this is a male, tiu- followin;; <litJ'cnMi<'«'s are worthy of notice: 



Antenna' L'L'-jointed: eoxal jMntjs L', •'», 4, .{; spines (»f first pairs ol" 

 lej^s L'. .■>, L': ol anal pair 1, .J, 2, 0; anal lej^s of male moderately eras- 

 sate, tibia sli^ilitly swollen, excavated on tlu' inner side near the base 

 an«l the npper interior anj^le ])rodnred into a sli<iht pilo.se lobe; last 

 tarsal joints of legs more densely i»iIo.se beneath than the rest. 



In the eharaeter of the anal legs this speeiinen agrees with pa ruf loins, 

 but tliat speeies has tlie number of eoxal pores and the spines of (lie 

 anal le^s less. 



37. Lithobius elattus, .sj v. 



Dia{lno.si.s. — lU'lated to />. jHdliis, but spines of anal legs, 1, .{. !♦, 0, or 

 1, ."i, 1, 0; Joints of anti'iina- 1*(»-L'l*: tarsal lobe of anal legs of male 

 larger: si/(^ smaller than L. jnilhis. 



//f(/>/^//.— Wasliington, 1>. ('. (J, B. Smith); Marksville, Va. ( L. M. 

 l']iderwoo<l). 



Tyix . — 17. S. Nat. .Museum. 



Dt'svrlplion. — Light brown, head and antenna' d.irker; tij) of ant<'nna' 

 rufous. Moderately robust, smooth, sparsely pilose: head of about 

 equal length and breadHi. Antenna' moderate. arti<'les L'0-LJ2. ()<'elli 

 <S-J(>, arranged in ."•-4 scries. Prostcinal teeth l' + L'. Coxal pores L*. 

 ,"5, .{, 2-.>, 4, 4. "5, loiiiid. Spines of tiist jtair of legs 1. l'. 1 : of |)enul- 

 timate pair 1. ."», .'). -\ of anal i)air 1. .{, L', 0-1, .'!, 1. 0. 



.Male: Anal legs more erassate: first tarsus of anal legs prolonged 

 into a ])ilose lobe at its ui)]»er anterior angle. Female: daw tripar 

 tite, short and wide; si)ines l* -f 2, short and stcuit, eml flattened and 

 barely serrat<'. Length S-l)..~)""". 



This species is described from four s[)ecimens. three females and one 

 male from Washington. I). <'.. and a male from .Marksville, \'a. 



.Vlthongh tlic abovt' descriptions hardly .><ecin to do justice in sei)a- 

 rating this new si>eeies from //. pnUvs. yet, when we )»lace the two 

 species side by side, tlicy can not be mistaken, as the siijc oi' ^mUiis is 

 always 2-4""" larger. 



