172 HULLETIW 4«, UNITED HTATK8 NATIONAL MUHKUM. 



iMiiltfuin iij' Ihr HfH-chu of SroloprMdrn. 



a. Frmorii of tlu' |N>tiii!tiiiiitt«« pair of Ic^^h witlioiit Mpiiu-N sit tliiMr upiN<r •'xt«>rior 

 U|M'\ ( Sfi)li>iirHilr/i>. 



b. KirNt tlorNiil pliiti^ without ti tiiiii-^Mi -<• >iiIciih. 

 c. S«*roiiil turmil Joiutn, <*xri>|)t tlioH«< of thn iiiiul or iiiihI iiiiiI |i«*niiltiiiiute pitiiH 

 of li'^H, itriiiol lii-iK'iitli vvitii » Hpiiic. 



d. l-Vniorii of iiniil !«•«« witli two HpiiirH, liufli within Dk.iiaani. — I. 



ltd. Fi-iimra of iiiiitl li'UH witli !-.'> Hpim-H, iilwuyH t\>o ht'iicath; iiiiK>>li>r Hpiiio 



Hiniplifor Itiliil Srn.HpiNirKs. — 5. 



ddd. l-'«iiuorit of analh-KN iiiiiK-il with 1()-1.*> NpiiifN, l-d w ithiii, lt-!l IxiMiith 

 and :iriiiii;;i'<l in thiiM- Ncrit-H; aiiKnIar hpiiii' tri- or <|iia(lriti<li 



fcniorit aii<l tihia- of anal U-hh iiiarginrd Muiihitanm. — 6' 



. First (lorHal plutu witli n tranHM-rso HulriiH. 

 «. S«M'on<l tarsal JoiiitH of all tlio li'^s iiiiarinrd Aiuil le;;^ Hhort, ariiioil with 

 lO-lL' N)>ini-H, angular proct-nh Hiiiiph; ur hilitl; first *it;ht aiitiMi- 



nal joiiitH not hiiNntu Wo<»l>ii. — 7. 



re. S«<ron<l tarsal j<nntM, oxccpt thoN«' of anal jiaiis of lejjs armt'il. 

 /. Lun^th r»()-70""" in adnlts; spiiu-s of anal legs 10-lH. 



</. Anal h'Ki* Htout, width of fcniorn 'J in width of fcphalir plate, apical 



jiroccHS arnn-d with !-."» H]mu'^{inHti'ni uprcitii) . .V.KiliwVii. — H. 



iffl. Anal If^s niodi-ratiiy short and stont, femora 2J in ct'phalic plate, 



apieal proi'i'ss with '2—1 spines (nintrni nincifn) Viimkis.- -it. 



//'. Lenj^th l(M)-ir»()""" in adults; spines of anal l<';rH 17-2.'>; anal Ii'j{h rather 



lou};, aj)iral j)roeess with ;?-l() spines llKlios. — 10 



an. Feojora of penultimate pair of legs withs|)ineH at their upjier exterior angle (Col- 

 liiriii). 

 h. First <l(irsal plate without a sulens. 



i. Anal legs long and slender, femora armed with .'{()-■")() BpineH, api- 

 cal proees. with (J-X spines; joints of antenna- 17 ClMDKI.ls. — U, 



4. — Scolopeiidra dehaani. 



1841. — Scolopendia dehnani Brandt. Hecnoil,.'»9; Kohlransch, Arehiv f. Naturg., 18H1 ; 



Meinert, Pre Amer. I'liil. .^oc, 'Ml, lHW(S,nt I'muiimo, <nl.; a iypeof IVood'ii 



hiHphiijien); liiderwood, F.nt. Ann-r., (U, IXHT. 

 1862. — ,S<olopvtidrn hixpiuipcs Wood, .lourn. Aci.d. Nat. Sei. Phila., 2H (Han Frunvinco, 



Cah); Wood, TraiiH. Amer. Thil. Soe., 1(«), \m:>. 



lliihititt. — (^'()sm()iK»Iit;iii, toiiiul tliroiiohoiif \\\v tioi>ics, in United 

 States only in California (*SV</< Fntucisco). 



EtiimoUuiy: Named after a Mr. l)e llaan. 



No doubt when tliis and otiier co.sinopolitan .specie.s have heeii eare- 

 t"ully studied several geoj^raphical varieties may be recofiui/ed. 



5. Scolopeudra subspinipeK. 



Ameruan Hynuniimy. 



1815.— Scolopendr a suhnpinipes Leach. Trans. Linn. See., 383; Gervaia, Ann. Sc. Nat., 

 50, 18:^7; Lucas, Hist. Nat. Anim. Art., iv, 544, 1840; Brandt, Keeneil, ."9, 

 1841 (Itnizil); Kohlransch, Arehiv f. Naturg., ittj, 1881; Meinert, I'roe. Amer. 

 Phil. Soc, 202, 188G; Meinert. Myr. Mus. Haun., in, 27, 1886; Underwood, 

 Ent. Amer., 34, 1887. 



