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1837. — Scolopendra audax Gervais. Ann. Sci. Nat., 50 (Antilles}; Newport, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, 388, 1844; Gervais, Apteres, 282 (Martinique; Marie- Galante; Gua- 

 deloupe); Koch, Syst. Myr., 163, 1847; Newport, Cat. Myr. Brit. Mus., 35* 

 1856; Gervais, Cast. Exp. l'Amer. Sud, 34, 1859. 



1840. — Scolopendra newportii Lucas. Hist. Nat. Aniin. Art., pt. 1, 343 (footnote); Ger- 

 vais, Apteres, IV, 281, 1847 (Brazil) ; Newport, Cat. Myr. Brit. Mus., 38, 1856; 

 Gervais, Cast. Exp. l'Amer. Sud, 34, 1859. 



1844. — Scolopendra placece Newport. List. Myr. Brit. Mus., 3 (Brazil); Newport, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc., 390, 1844; Gervais, Apteres, IV, 281, 1847; Newport, Cat. 

 Myr. Brit. Mus., 37, 1856; Gervais, Cast. Exp. 1'Aaier. Sud, 34, 1859. 



1844. — Scolopendra planiceps Newport. Trans. Linn. Soc, 391 (Antigua); Gervais, 

 Apteres, iv, 284,1847; Newport, Cat. Myr. Brit. Mus., 38, 1856; Gervais, 

 Cast. Exp. l'Amer. Sud, 35, 1859. 



1844. — Scolopendralutea Newport. Trans. Linn. Soc, 392 (In Ins. Caribwis?); Gervais, 

 Apteres, iv, 285, 1847; Newport, Cat. Myr. Brit. Mus., 40, 1856; Gervais, 

 Cast. Exp. l'Amer. Sud, 35, 1859. 



1847. — Scolopendra gigantea Koch. Syst. Myr., 155 (West Indies, not gigantea of Lin- 

 nevus); Koch, Die Myr., n, fig. 133, 1863. 



1847. — Scolopendra ornata Koch. Syst. Myr., 155 (Brazil) ; Koch, Die Myr., n, fig. 134, 

 1 1863. 



1847. — Scolopendra pulchra Koch. Syst. Myr., 158 (West Indies); Koch, Die Myr., i, 

 fig. 21, 1863. 



1861. — Scolopendra byssina Wood. Proc Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 10 (Florida?); Wood, 

 Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 26, 1862 (California) ; Wood, Trans. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc, 164, 1865. 



1871. — Scolopendra elongata Porath. Ofvers. Vet. -Akacl. Forh., 1143; Porath, Sv. Vet.- 

 Akad. Handl., 13, 1876 (Rio Janeiro; Porto Rico; St. Christopher). 



Habitat. — Cosmopolitan. Found throughout the tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions; in United States only in California and Florida. 

 Etymology: Sub, hardly; spina, spine; pes, foot. 



6. Scolopendra morsitans. 



American syn o n ym y . 



1758. — Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. (America) ; Newport, Trans. Linn. 



Soc, 378, 1844; Newport, Cat. Myr. Brit. Mus., 25, 1856 (Tobago; Demerara); 



Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 23, 1862 (? Halifax, X. S.; La Union; 



Minititlan) ; Wood, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, 161, 1865 (Florida?) ; Kohlrausch, 



Archiv f. Naturg., 104, 1881; Meinert, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 200, 1886; 



Meinert, Myr. Mus. Haun., ill, 27, 1886; Underwood, Ent. Amer., 64, 1887 



( West Indies; ■Surinam; Florida). 

 1821. — Scolopendra marginata Say. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (Florida); Say, 



(Euvres Ent., 22, 1822; Gervais, Apteres, iv, 276, 1847; Gervais, Cast. Exp. 



l'Amer. Sud, 30, 1859. 

 1837. — Scolopendra brandtiana Gervais. Ann. Sc Nat., 50; Gervais, Apteres, iv, 280, 



1847 (Brazil; Cayenne; St. Thomas; Vera, Cruz) ; Gervais, Cast. Exp. l'Amer. 



Sud, 33, 1859; Saussure, Myr. Mex., 130, 1860. * 



1841. — Scolopendra platypus Brandt. Recueil, 61 (Cuba; St. Domingo); Newport, List 



Myr. Brit. Mus., 3, 1844 (Tobago; Jamaica; Demerara) ; Gervais, Apteres, IV, 



280, 1847; Gervais, Cast. Exp. l'Aiuer. Sud, 33, 1859; Porath, Sv. A r et.- 



Akad. Handl., 11, 1876 (St. Christopher; Surinam ; Rio Janeiro). 

 1844. — Scolopendra plalypoides Newport. List Myr. Brit. Mus., 3 (Brazil) ; Newport, 



Trans. Linn. Soc, 380, 1844; Gervais, Apteres, iv, 281, 1847; Newport, Cat. 



Myr. Brit. Mus.,,27, 1856; Gervais, Cast. Exp. l'Amer. Sud, 33, 1859, 



