V. 



OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Pago i:^. Lithobiua '' tifrranioHd," as originally sjielU'd (Proc. V. S. Xat. Mat., 18S7, 

 p. i!20), is evidently a niisprint, and it apixMrs from Mr. Hollman'.s manuscripts that 

 he intended to name the sitecies " /y. ttfrannux." The name ought to he changed 

 acoordingly. 



Pago 66. Addtho deseriptions (.reprinted from Hntnmnl. Ainer., II, 1SS7, p. J3'->) of 

 ^he following two epeeies: 



Family POLYDi-SMID.K Leach. 



(tenna Pakadksmus Sanssure. 



Paradesmus evides sp. nov. 



Coloration as in /'. ('riithropi/gui. Form more slender. Vertex smooth, median 

 sulcus continuous, not mueh excavated l)et\v»'eu the antennte. First segment more 

 rounded. Inner angle ol" the lateral carime not serrated. Genitalia entirely dif- 

 ferent, short, robust, pilose, s. ircely hent, grooved above at the end, and divided 

 into two blunt lobes. 



Length of body, 26"""; width, 4""". 



Habitat. — Winona, Minn. 



I have examined one wlude specimen and a number of broken ones collected by 

 Prof. J. M. Holzinger. This si)ecic8 can bo easily separated from erylhropygus by 

 the markings of the vertex, the smooth lateral carina; and especially by the male 

 genitalia. 



Family CiEOPHILID.E Leach. 

 Cienns Geophilus Leach. 



Oeophilua glaber sp. nov. 



Olivaceous; head, antenna^, and mouth parts brown, .an indistinct black, median 

 dorsal line. Robust, attenuated posteriorly, not pilose, punctate; sternum wider 

 than long; coxa- longer than wide (7:5), armed; claw moderately curved, teeth 

 weak. 



(^ephalic plate large, narrowed behind, longer than wide (10:8); fnmtal plate 

 present; basal plate more than twice as wide as long (10:4), partly covered by the 

 cephalic plate. First joints of antennie long. Anterior spiracle very large, oval; 

 posterior small, nearly circular. Dorsal plates bisulcate; anterior predorsal plate 

 small, posterior large; ventral jilates with a median sulcus. Posterior coxte not 

 iniich swollen, jiores above and below, large and small. Last ventral plate large, 

 sides rounded, not converging much. Anal pore large. Last pair of feet of female 

 slender. Pairs of fret of the female, 53-55. 



Length of body, 50-53""n ; width, 2. 5™". 



Hab'itat.— I ■k'nih, Cal. 



I have examined three females collected by Mr. .James K. Burke. 



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