THK MVKIAPODA OF NOKTIf AMKKICA. 147 



hiihif((f — *' Soiifh(r>i l'iiitt'<l Statrs" — tin- nmiiln'r of nntcmiiil Joints — 

 tlihtji — aixl tlic miinlKT of scuta witli their pnstt'iior aii;:U's prtMliucd — 

 "/nv or sir" — 1 have legjinh'il .sfiiinpts, (niiismarinihs and imtrdax as 

 idrntiial. 



Althuui;li there is some (htiibt as to the exact locality of this species, 

 neveitheless 1 am stronj;ly inclined to believe that Say's speciniejis 

 were tVoin the iSontiiern States, tor oul of the nineteen species noticed 

 by Say, oidy one is nu'ntioiK'd as occnrrmy north of \'ir;iinia. south of 

 whit-h i^t;\ti\f'nrfu-((tii.s does not extend. 



This species should still retain Say's name. 



"11. Scolopendra marginata Siiy. Jomn. .\rir<l. N;it. Sri. I'liila., lid. ISL'l. 



This species, tiie ty[)e of which was .sent to Dr. Lea<'h. and is now in 

 the British Mii.seum. is identical with the Sntlojnuilni iiinrsitaiis of 

 Liniueus. 



12. Scolopendra viridis Say. .Nmni. Aciid. \at. Sci. I'liila., 110, l^L'l. 



ScdIdi). nihil pinii lin iilris Ntjwport. List. Myr. Itrit. Mils., ;"). l><tl (Florida). 

 Scolopi 11(1 1(1 ptirni NVoud. I'roc Acail. Nat. S<i. I'liil.i.. Ifi, IHtil (Ccoii/id). 



A valid species. 



*13. Cryptops hyaliiia Say. Joiuii. .\<a<l. .Nat. Sci., I'liila., Ill, ISJI {({(ori/ia iimi 

 l-'lorid(t). 

 Cryptopn milbcrli ('<vr\nis. .Vptin-s. IV, .")'JJ, ISt7(.VMt' .hrmij). 

 CTijptopt axiK'ripcxW tM^\. I'mc. Aoad. N.it. Sci. I'Lila., ll.'it. 1SG7 ( liifiin'in). 

 Crfiptopx ■iiilidlKn -Mciiicri. I'roc. Amor. IMiil. Soc, 211, \XHVt ( luntiicki/). 



An examination of a laij;e amount of material has shown that the 

 North American s[>ecies are the same and id«'Utical w ith the Cri/ptops 

 hi/nlina of Say. 



"14. Cryptops sexspinosus Say. .hmrii. .Vca«l. Nat. Sci. I'liila., 12, IS21. 

 Scolopocriiphipn 'i-xpinoHUn Ne\v|)ort. Trans. Liim. Sue, 107, IStl, 

 ScolopocriiplopHatxspinosiiniiiirvais. Aptcrcs, i\ , 2J'S, 1817. 

 SiolDpiiidropx'ni hdrola Koch. Syst. Myr., 17."). 1S17. 

 Scolopocriiptops ticonjicdx M(!inert. I'roc. Aiiicr. I*l:il. Soc. ISO, 18SH. 



This well-known si>ecies now stands as SrolitjuK-ryptops si-.vspinoHua 



(Say). 



*15. Cryptops posticus Say. .loiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'liila.. 112, 1821 (//eorj/m 



aud Florida). 

 Theatops postica Newjtort. Trans. Linn. Soc. 410, 1844 (baned on Sail's type). 

 <)pixthimc(ja posliva Wood, .loiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'liila., ;i"), IKi'J (Xorth 



Carolina). 

 Opixihcmtifa craxxipex yiciurvt. Proc. Aiiicr. I'hil. Soc, 20M, IXSd (Florida, f'ir- 



fjiniii. and Keiitiickj/). 

 TlKatopxcraHxipeif Bfdlman. Ann. N. V. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1 10, 1888 ( Tcu iu-hscc) . 



The type of this species was sent to Dr. Leach and deposited by him 

 in the British Museum. Mr. Xewport in 1S14 made it the type of his 

 genus Tlu-utops, and on account of the possession of ocelli which he as- 

 sigued to this specimeu it has beeu regarded as differeut from the 



