2 6 PERIPATUS CHAP. I 



Peripatus from Hoorube.v Cheek, Demeraha (Quelch). — With thirty 

 pairs of legs. 



Peripatus from Marajo (Branner). — Xo details. 



Peripatus from Utuado, Porto Eico (Peters). — With twenty-seven, 

 thirty, thirty-one, and thirty- two pairs of legs. 



Peripatus prom Surinam (Peters). — No details. 



Peripatus from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (Peters). — Witli thirty 

 and thirty-two pairs of legs. 



Peripatus from Laguayra, Venezuela (Peters). — No details. 



Peripatus Quitensis (Schmarda). — From Quito, with thirty-six pairs 

 of legs. 



Peripatus from Sumatra (?).) 



P. SUMATRAXUS (Horst). — Peripatus from Sumatra, with twenty-four 

 pairs of ambulatory legs, and four spinous pads on the legs. The primary 

 papillae of the neotropical character with conical bases. Generative opening 

 between the legs of the penultimate pair. Feet with only two papillae. ^ 



SUMMAKY OF DISTRIBUTION 



Distribution of the South African Species — 



Slopes of Table Mountain, neighbourhood of Williamstown, Plettenberg 

 Bay — Cape Colony — Natal. 



Distribution of the Australasian Species — 

 Queensland — Australia. 

 North and Soutli Islands — New Zealand. 



Oriental Region (?) — 

 Su matra. 



Distribution of the Neotropical Species — 

 Nicaragua. 

 Valencia Lake, Caracas, Puerto Cabello, Laguayra, Coloiiia Towar — 



Venezuela. 

 Quito — Ecuador. 



Maccasseema, Hoorubea Creek — Demerara. 

 Surinam (Peters). 

 Cayenne. 



Santarem, IMarajo, at the mouth of the Amazon — Brazil. 

 Chili. 

 And in the following West Indian Islands — Cuba, Dominica, Porto Rico 



(Peters), Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Trinidad. 



' The existence of this species is very doubtful. The description of it was taken 

 from a single specimen. The evidence that this specimen was actually found in 

 Sumatra is not conclusive. 



