168 THE GENUS PEEIPATUS. 



Other South African species. 



In addition to these two South African species from Table 

 Mountain, the following varieties, some of which at least are 

 probably distinct species, are known. 



1. One with fourteen pairs of legs, already named P. brevis 

 (Blainville). This species was found by M. Goudot beneath 

 a stone in the woods on Table Mountain. It has been 

 shortly described by Blainville in a note on p. 38 of Gervais' 

 " Etudes pour servir a Fhistoire naturelle des Myriapodes " 

 ('Ann, d. Sci. Nat.,' series ii, vol. vii) as follows: — "Corps 

 subfusiform pourvu de quatorze paires de pattes, noir 

 veloute en dessus, blanchatre en dessous ; longeur totale en 

 comprenant les antennes, 43 mill. ; plus grande largeur, 4 

 mill/' 



2. Another with nineteen pairs of legs,^ reported by Mr. 

 Roland Trimen from Plettenberg Bay, Cape Colony, but 

 hitherto undescribed. 



3. A third, in my possession, from Table Mountain with 

 twenty pairs of claw-bearing legs, I have found one specimen 

 only. Peters (No. 25) records the existence of specimens from 

 the Cape with twenty pairs of legs (see below p. 171). 



4. A fourth, with twenty-one^ pairs of legs from near 

 Williamstown, South Africa, I have only seen three speci- 

 mens. They are in the possession of the Indian Museum. 



5. A fifth, with twenty-two^ pairs of legs, of which two 

 specimens are known to me. One of these is in the possession 

 of the Indian Museum ; the locality is marked "near Williams- 

 town, S. Africa." The other was found by Mr. J. P. Mansel 

 Weale, and given by him to Mr. Wood Mason, who in his 

 turn gave it to Professor Balfour. This specimen, of which I 

 have not been able to ascertain the exact locality, is in my 

 possession, and is figured on PI. XVII fig. 8. 



' There are specimens iu the Berlin Museum with nineteen pairs of legs 

 (Peters, No. 25). 



^ Peters (No. 25) records the existence of specimens from the Cape with 

 twenty-one and twentj-two pairs of legs (see below, p. 171). 



