• HY f IIARI.KS If. UOI.I.MAX. 



Til this i»5i|M'r r have <;ivni tlu^ .syinniyniy of tin* various speiries and 

 aiialytirjil keys wlnirhy tlicy may be (l«'t«Miiiiiu*(l. 



As iiuiiu'ioiis atr«'iniits have hvvu iiia<h' to dividi- this family into 

 KinaUcr ^rroups, I have y;iven keys for all the suljlamilies and jjeueia 

 known to date. 



Family SCOLOPHNDKIDii^:. 



IHH. — .sV(>/<»;>#«(ir/rf*r Newport. Tniiin. I^iiin. Soc. 275 and ;!7l. 



The Scolopciuliida^ are Cliilopoda beloii<;in;; to tin order Kpimorpha 

 and are eharacteriztul by haxiiijj L'1-2.'? pairs of legs, 17-.'i.'i-.joiiited 

 antenna','.*, 10, or 1!) jiairs of .>jpiracles, and the pleiin.; of anal pair of 

 lejis scnti'lliform. 



They may be divided into the followintf subfamilies: 



a. Pairs of lejjs 21. 



h. 'riirsi, ex('«'])t tli.at of aual pair, hiartinilate; jiairs <)f Hpiranlen 19; ocelli abscut. 



Pli'Toniink.— I. 

 bb. Tarsi, cxcipt that of itcimltiinate ami anal pairs, biarti('ulut«i: p^'i'sofspiraclen 



10; octlli absent or sin^ile Ckvi'Topin.e. — II. 



bbfi. Tarsi of all the le<».s triarticnlatf; pairs of spiracles !> oi 10; ocelli 4. 



SCOI.OI'EXDRIN'.K. — III. 



an. Pairs of b-ys 23; tarsi, except that of anal and penultimate pairs, biarticulate; 

 pairs of 8pira(le.s 10; ocelli absent or 4 Scolopendrdp^in'.e. — IV. 



Subfamily I. — Plftoniin^. 



1881. — Seolopcndritla' pi x.siostigmi Cavanna. Bull. Ent. Ital., 176. 

 This subfamily only includes the European genus Plutonium. 



Subfamily IT. — CryptopinvE. 



1844. — Scolopendriiuv Newport. Trans. Linn. Soc, 378 {hi part). 

 ISil. — iScolopendrUJes morsicantes (rervais. Apteres, IV, 243 and 250 



{in p<(rt). 

 1881. — Cryptopsii Kohlrausch. Archiv f. Naturg. 



Analysis of genera of Crifptopimi'. 



a. Last dorsal plate normal; aual pair of legs not crassate. 



h. Ocelli absent CrYPTOPS. — T. 



bb. Ocelli present, sinjjb^ Ehemoi'S.* 



aa. Last dorsal platen twice as large as tlie preceding; anal pair of legs short and 

 thick ; ocelli absent Theatops. — II. 



* Eremops nom. gen. nov. for Monops Gervais, which is preoccupied. Deriv. : lf}Tinoi, 

 lonely; Ci\l>, an eye. 

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