458 ME. E. I. POCOCK ON THE 



3. SCOLOPENBEA GIGANTEA, Linn. 



Scolopendra gigantea, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 638; Newport, 

 Porath, etc. 



Scolopendra gigas. Leach, Tr. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 383 ; Newport, Kohl- 

 rausch, 8r Meinert. 



Scolopendra insignis, Gervais, Ins. Apt. iv. p. 279; id. Voyage de 

 Castelnau, Myriopoda, p. 32, pi. v. fig. 1. 



Scolopendra prasinipes, Wood, P. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 11. 



Scolopendra epileptica, id. ibid. 



Locality. Jamaica {Linne and Brit. Mus.) ; St. Thomas {Bont. 

 Mm.) ; Trinidad (Meinert and KohlrauscJi). Occurs also in the 

 northern parts of S. America. 



4. ScoLOPEKDEA ANGiTLATA, Newport. 



Scolopendra angulata, Newp. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 97(1844); 

 id. Tr. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 398 (1845) ; id. Cat. Myr. Brit. Mus. p. 47 

 (1856). 



Scolopendra prasina, C. Koch, Die Myr. ii. p. 23, fig. 146 (1863); 

 Kohlrausch, Arch. Nat. xlvii. p. 122 (1881) ; Meinert, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 

 xxiii. p. 1 92 ; PococJc, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) i. p. 338. 



Scolopendra nitida, Porath, Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. iv. no. 7, p- 8. 



The British Museum has this species from Trinidad and 

 St. Vincent, where Mr. H. H. Smith obtained many specimens ; 

 Meinert has recorded it from Grenada. Occurs also on the 

 mainland in Brazil, &c. 



5. SCOLOPENDEA ALTEENANS, Leach. 



Scolopendra alternans, .LeacA, Tr. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 383, et auctt. 



Scolopendra Grayi, complanata, incerta, multispinata, Newport, Tr. 

 Linn. Soc. xix. pp. 402-405. 



Scolopendra sagrsea, Gervais, Ins. Apt. iv. p. 281. 



Scolopendra crudelis, Koch, Die Myr. ii. p. 36, figs. 158, 159 ; Porath, 

 Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. iv. no. 7, p. 7 ; Meinert, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1886, 

 p. 194. 



Scolopendra longipes. Wood, Proc. Ac. Philad. (2) v. p. 26. 



Known from the following "W. Indian Islands : — Cuba, Sau 

 Domingo, St. Thomas, St. Bartholomew, St. Croix, Guadeloupe. 

 The British Museum; has specimens from Hayti, St. Kitts, 

 St. Eustace, Antigua, Montserrat, and Dominica. Also met 

 with in S. America. 



6. SCOLOPENDEA SUBSPINIPES, Lcacll. 



Scolopendra subspinipes. Leach, Tr. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 383; and all authors. 



The British Museum has this species from Jamaica {Cockerel?), 



