26 MR. R. 1. POCOCK ON M\RIOPODA AND [Jan. 5, 



a species of Scolopendra, which agree closely with Lucas's figure 

 and description of S. oraniensis, and at the same time are not specific- 

 ally distinguishable from the S.-European S.dalmatica; Lucas's name 

 must consequently supersede that of Koch. 



The two specimens captured at Hammam R'irha are smaller and 

 very dark-coloured, being an exceedingly deep green. The Tunisian 

 example, on the contrary, is very much paler and considerably 

 larger. 



CUPIPES GERVAISIANUS (Koch). 



Hammam Meskoutine. 



It is needless to repeat here the involved synonymy of this species. 

 It may be found at length in my paper in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 6, vii. pp. 51-53. 



This species also occurs in S. Europe. 



Otostigma spiNiCATJDA (Newport). 



Branchiostoma spinicauda, Newp. Tr. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 412. 

 Otostigma deserti, Meinert, Vid. Medd. Nat. Forening, 1886, 

 p. 121. 



Biskra. 



The above-given synonymy was published by me before it had been 

 my good fortune to examine a specimen of this species from the locality 

 where the types of O. deserti were obtained. Dr. Anderson, how- 

 ever, has supplied the missing link in the chain of evidence by 

 procuring a specimen from Biskra. This example is undoubtedly 

 co-specific with Newport's types of B. spinicauda and also with those 

 that Meinert described as O. deserti. 



This species is not known to occur in Europe. 



Cryptops anomolans, Newp. 



Constantine. 



This species is the punctatus of Koch and all authors ; see my 

 paper on the Chilopoda of Liguria, in the Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) 

 ix. p. 68 (1890). It is probably also the same as the species Lucas 

 described as C. numidicus ; but to this last were assigned only 12 

 antennal segments. 



Fam. Geophilid^e. 

 Orya barbarica, Gervais. 

 Constantine, Kherrata, Hammam Meskoutine. 



HiMANTARIUM RUGULOSUM, Koch. 



Algiers. 



HiMANTARIUM MEDITERRANEUM, Mciu. 



Constantine. 



Geophilus pusillus, Mein. 



Algiers. 



