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scuto-episcutal and sterno-cpisternal sutures arc very distinct, as well as those between 

 the primitive sterna. I have found this species around Philadelphia, although not very 

 abundantly. They appear to affect the inner bark or liber of decaying logs, especially that 

 of the locust (Robinia pseud acacia , L.) I have, however, occasionally observed them 

 under stones. It may possibly be Geophilw attenua.tus, but that species can never be 

 determined from Say's description. 



M. MEEANONOTUS. 



M. parvus, gracilis, dilute aurantiaous j lineis duabus dorsalibus, latis, nigris, c capite ad segmentum penulti- 

 rriuin ductis; capite sparse breve pilose; antennis sparse pilosis; labio, medio valde canaliculate), utrinquc ma- 

 culis tribus nigris ; mandibulis intus vix dentioulatis ; lateribus nigro maculatis ; scuto postremo dilute auran- 

 tiaco; suturis scuto-episcutalibus indistinctis; pedibus comprcssis, utrinque fere 50, pari postremo gracile; sternis 

 suturis sterno-episternalibus et sulco mediano impressis. 



Small, slender, light orange, with two broad, black, dorsal lines passing from head to penultimate segment ; head 

 sparsely shortly pilose; antennae sparsely pilose; "labium medianly strongly canaliculate, on each side, with three 

 black maculae ; mandibles within scarcely denticulate ; sides maculate with black ; last scutum light orange ; scuto- 

 episcutal sutures indistinct; feet compressed, about 50 on each side; last pair slender; sterna impressed with the 

 sterno-epistornal sutures and a median sulcus. 



M. melanonotus, Wood, Journ. A. N. S., new series, 1863, vol. v, p. 41. 



The two black bands are somewhat irregular and so broad that it would, perhaps, be 

 correct to describe the dorsum as black, with a single median and two longitudinal light 

 stripes. The labium has three black dots on each side, but I suspect that these are not 

 constant. The mandibles have, on their inner edge, the rudiments of a denticule. I have 

 had great difficulty in determining the number of feet, but think that fifty pairs is very 

 near the mark. 



There is in the; Museum of the Academy a single specimen, collected in Georgia by Dr. 

 John Le Conte. The length is about an inch. 



M. LIMATUS. 



M. aurantiaous?, venusto politus ; eapite appendicibusquo saturate rubris, sogmento cephalico ordinatim punc- 

 tate, a fronte ordinatim angustato, segmento basali labioque Icevibus; antennis sparse longe pilosis; labio valde 

 emaiginato, medio leviter canaliculate; mandibulis magnis, pilis longissimis, singula dentioulationibus magnis, 

 obtusis, 4; pedibus flavis ?, pilosis, utrinque 43 — 44, postromis valde clongatis; scuto postremo elongate. 



Orange, beautifully polished ; head and appendages deep red ; cephalic segment regularly punctate, regularly 

 narrowed from the front ; basal segment and labium smooth ; antennas sparsely long pilose ; labium strongly emar- 

 ginate, medianly lightly canaliculate ; mandibles large, with very long hairs, each with four very large, obtuse 

 denticules; feet yellow 'I, pilose ; on each side 43 — 44; last pair very elongate ; last scutum elongate. 

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