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SU'iHlcr: smootli. vny ii;;litl.v piiiictatti. 



ilcad Miiboval, iMiiirtalc: siiiri aihsnit. 



Aiitt'iiiiu' L'5-lit) ioiuti'«l. lou^, basal not very fiatisaUs t\w iirnt •'( or 4 



SIIUMltll. 



l*i'ost(M-iial ttM'tli t-f- 1, iiiiMM' coiilcsrcd: coxal tooth Iar;;«', iiiiicr iiiar- 

 ^iii uiianiii'd. 



The first \'> dorsal [ilatcs iiiiiiiar;;iiiale: siilri well 4l«*velo|MMl, ami 

 roiiiiiUMiriii;; at tiaUH\(>rst' siitiiic of lirst plate and dividing; tliein into 

 tliHM' ]dan<'s. 



Sniri of ventral ])lates sliallou, last plate hIioi t and wide, Hides cuii- 

 ver^inj;, runnded, posteiitu- niar;;in eniar;;iiiate. 



SSeeond tarsal Joints of all l«^;;s, exeept anal, aimed. 



Anal pair of le^s slender, as in Uvioh; spinen very small; H-ll*, in .'{ 

 «n' 4 series on the superior interior surfaee; 4 or ."» in J series on the 

 inne" surface: beneath lO-lli in 2 or .{ seri«'s: apieal proeess lar;;e ami 

 blunt, armed with 1>-ll small spines. 



Posterior pleura' narn>w; apex lon^,arnu;d with 7-'.) spines, [Misterior 

 inar;;in concave; a marginal spine. 



Len;;th, 75""". 



Described from one spcinmen of which the anal pair of leys is broken 

 ott". 



This new species is s«'paiat«'<l from hems, /Htchii/nt-s, niniratjueiisis, and 

 riiiil'iH by tlie larj^c niimln'r of spines <»f apical process of femora and 

 the well-marke<l sulci of lirst dorsal plate. 



6. Scolopendra galapagoensis. sp. nuv. 



hittfinosis. — Related to Scnlnpvnd'ru ririiliconiis Newport, but the 

 spines of api«al process of femora of anal lej^s, <»-S: spines of apex of 

 posterior pleura', D-lli; spines of femora of 2-20 pairs of legs, 4 or ."). 



Type.~yo. 51)4. 



Jfahitat. — Chatham, James, and Alb«'inarle Islands, (lahqiagos Ar- 

 ch ipelaj;o. 



Dt'scription. — Very dark brown, nu)re yellowish posteriorly; under 

 parts more brown than upper; the first five or six antennal joints <lark 

 blue, rest rusty; tarsi brownish, rest of le<j^s bluish brown, except base, 

 of femora, which is more brown, like ventral plates; posterior pleune 

 and femora of anal legs reddish brown. 



Kobust, smooth, all parts very slightly piiintate. 



llea<l suboval; two longitudinal sulci, which break up posteriorly, 

 and send a branch along lateral margin. 



Antenna' long, 17-joint«'!d, articles long, basal siibcrassate, the lirst 

 four or live not hirsute. 



ProstiMiial teeth .»+.>, large, inner coalescetl; a transverse sulcus 

 along anterior )>art of sternum. 



The iirst four «h)rsal plates imniarginate: posterior borders trans- 

 versely wrinkled; crest of anal segment weak, only extending three- 

 fourths of the way. 



