132 BULLETIN 46, UNITED STATK8 NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



2. Julus ellipticus. 



[Julun tUipticnit HoUman. Am. \»t., XXI, 82 (1887). 

 I'arajuluHHIiptiruH liollrajiii. Ann. X. Y. A«iid. Sci., iv, 35 fl887).] 



Chosnilt, in!irk(Ml with li^^hter and darker; a bla<rk iruMliati Hue, a 

 row of spots on each side, aiiteiiiia* dark hrowti, feet pale. Uatlier 

 robust, attenuated b(;fore, but only sli;;htly behind, not smooth. Ver- 

 tex witli a very slight nuMlian sulens, no fove<)la'. :i little roughened- 

 Antenna; tiliforin, moderately pilose, not e(|ualing the breadth of body. 

 Ocelli arrang«Ml in an ellipti<;al form, in seven series, rather small, 45— 18. 

 Segments 46-47; the first broadly rounde<l and produced before, straigiit 

 behind, angles rouiuled, sid<«s striate, other segments moderately striate 

 beneath, those of the pnescuta very ol)lique, being nearly straigiit up 

 and down, while the otliers are but slightly obli<|ue. Rei)ugiiat(uial 

 <»pening small, situated lu^ar the anterior border, tiansverse line bend- 

 ing before it. Anal segment with a long, robust spine, which })roj(;ct8 

 beyond the anal valves; anal valves not pilose, scarcely marginate; 

 anal scale short, broadly rounded. Pairs of feet 7/)-80, rather long. 

 Length of bo<ly 25""". 



Habitat. — Fort Snelling, Minnesota (W. 1). Howe). 



I have two females in my private collection. 



3. Fontaria virginlensis castanea. 



[Fontdria riryhiienitis casfanra liolliniin. Am. Nat., xxi, H'2 (1887).] 



Chesnut-brow n, lateral lamiuie and the borders of the first segment 

 yellow, an indistinct, bU(;k dorsal line; feet and under parts pale. 

 Segments more rugose than in virginicHsis; last segment blunt, with a 

 few long hairs. Spine of the trochanter longer and shari)er. Antenn.e 

 and feet more densely pilose. Length of body 25"'"'. 



Habitat. — Fort Snelling, Minnesota (W. D. Howe). 



I have one male in my collection. 



4. Scolioplaues ruber. 



[Scolioplanes ruber KoUman. Amer. Nat., XXI, 81 (1887).] 

 Kather robust, attenuated anteriorly and posteriorly, the attenua- 

 tion most marked before; in life bright red, the posterior two thirds 

 and the feet darkest; in alcohol fulvous, the head and mouth parts 

 brown; sparsely hirsute, feet not so decidedly. * Prehensorial feet 

 barely extending beyond the cephalic margin of the head, sparsely hir- 

 sute, with moderately long hairs; sternum cordiform, wider than long 

 (6:4); coxa unarmed; the tooth blunt, short. Cephalic lamina longer 

 than wide (7 : 5), sparsely hirsute, rather smooth, sides scarcely rounded; 

 lamina basalis (6:2.5); lamina prebasalis concealed; lamina frontalis 

 l)rescnt. Antennae moderately long,rather slender ; all the joints except 

 the first, antepenult, and ]>enult moderately long. Lamime ventrales 

 with a large, shallow, median foveoLe, a smaller one on each side; 

 jwres more numerous on the i)osterior half of the plates. First pair 



