BRUES: A NEW PERIPATUS FROM COLOMBIA. Ori 
way from the median line to the legs when seen in dorsal view. Ex- 
amined in surface view the papillae appear to be practically all of the 
same type, large and rather transverse in outline. Seen by trans- 
mitted light, accessory papillae are few in number and always appear 
on the extreme edges of the folds singly or in pairs between two primary 
papillae, which are farther apart at the points where accessory ones are 
interpolated. ‘The primary papillae are short-conical in form, with 
the terminal cylinder poorly developed, short, nipple-shaped; their 
bases are usually separated by nearly transverse grooves which give 
the papillae a somewhat rectangular appearance when viewed from 
above. The accessory ones tend to project over the groove between 
the body folds and are thus seen more or less in profile when the 
integument is viewed from above. In one specimen (Plate 1, fig. 1-2) 
where the skin is stretched from side to side the primary papillae are 
more widely separated and the accessory. ones appear to be drawn up 
farther toward the ridges of the body folds. 
Mandibles. The mandibles bear one large accessory tooth and nine 
Jenticles. 
Legs. As stated above there are 33-34 pairs of legs in the females 
pnd 30 pairs in the single male 
sxamined. The legs are provided 
vith three pedal papillae, two on 
he anterior face and one on the 
yosterior face as in the Caribbean 
nembers of the genus. The creep- 
ng pads of each leg are composed | 
~ four bands. The nephridial * 
ubereles on the fourth and fifth 
pairs of legs lie between the third 
nd fourth bands of the creeping 
iad. ‘They are free from the third 
and although lying partly in an 
margination of its proximal mar- 
in, and do not disturb the con- wie atone lege oils al... 
nuity of the fourth band. aie Galion ‘alileie of chen a : H 
{ Lype:— M. C. Z., No. 239, Cin- 
‘nati Coffee Plantation, near Santa Marta, Colombia, 2,300 feet. 
Mield No. 92). ; 
_ Paratypes: — M. C. Z., No. 240; Univ. Mich. Same locality, 2,200 
tet. 
| Named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci whose explorations led him 
ong the coast which has yielded so many species of Peripatus. 
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