2<H) JH'LLKTIX IG, UNITED STATICS NATIONAL MlSKl'M. 



lluhitat. — Bcriiij^^ Isliiii(l,Top(>r \lo\' Islaml, and (lavaiis KayaTopka, 

 Copper Island; St«'Jii«'jif<'i. 



hrs'-ription. — Yellow isli brown, head and aiit<'niia' almost oranpc. 

 Kobiist, moderately smooth, liead of about ecpial l('n;,'th and widrli. 

 Antenna' 20 joiute<l, short. <)<elli 12-LS, in four or five series, Proster- 

 nal teeth 2+2. Coxal ])ores 3, 4,3,3-4,r», ."),4, round and lar^e. vSpines 

 of first pair of le^s 0, 1, 1 or 1, 1, 1 ; of penultimate jjair 1, 3, 2, 1-1, 3, 

 3, 2; of anal pair 1, 3, 2, <»; spin<' at base of elaw <»f juMiidtinnite i>air 

 two-thirds as lonj;' as claw. Anal lejjs of mah' norm d: claw of female 

 genitalia wi<h' and short, tripartite, middh' loln' only slijrhtly larger, 

 s]>ines 2+2, inner slemlrrer and shorter. Lt'n<;th, 8-11""". 



This speei"s is des«'ribe<l from a nunjber of specimens from the above 

 localities. I have the i)leasure of namin<>: this species after Dr. Leon- 

 hard Stcjnef^er, of the IT. S. Nat. Museum, who ccdlected the speci- 

 iiieus in 1882 and 1803. 



25. Lithobius glabratus Koch. 



Switzerland; K. 1). C!ope. Female. 



26. Lithobius forficatus (Linnir-ns). 



Switzerland; E. I). Cope. Se\ eral specimens, nnile and female. 



27. Scutigera flavipes, sp. uov. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to IS. fiuildinqi Newport, but the less not banded, 

 pure yellow; stomata not black, the rejjfion on each side whitish. 



Type. — Aec 17400, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Habitat. — San Salvador, Bahamas; U. S. Fish Commission. 



Description. — Blackish brown, a broad median yellow dorsal baud, 

 lateral parts of dorsal plates paler; stomata not black, the swelling; on 

 each side whitish, legs and antenna' yellow, not banded; median part 

 of head yellow, with an irregular blacl^ line on each side. Body narrow, 

 more strongly attenuated anteriorly; rather strongly convex. Dorsal 

 plates rather smooth, spines weak, less prominent on anterior plates, 

 not forming any prominent median dorsal series; lateral margins 

 rather strongly elevated, hardly crenulate, spines more strongly de- 

 veloped on posterior segments; posterior margin not nuich produced 

 nor deeply sinuate; last dorsal i)late rather small, sides converging, 

 posterior border entire. Cephalic plate with a triangular impression, 

 anteriorly sulcate, longer than wide. Antenna' slightly more than 

 twice as long as body. Carina* of legs not very prominent, spines not 

 numerous. Forceps of female genitalia mutilated, rather stout, a small 

 bunch of stiff hairs on the inner side of the first article. Length of 

 body, 25"'"'; width (of fourth dorsal plate), 3.5"'"'. 



Described from a female of which the anal legs are lost and nearly 

 all the others broken oft'. 



Indiana University, April 15, 1889. 



