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Peripatus in Haiti 
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Peripatus manni Brues. 
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 54, p. 520 (1913). 
Six females and one male from near La Vesite, La; Selle 
Plateau, Haiti (5,000-7,000 ft.), September 16-23, 1934 
(P. J. Darlington). These are practically from the type 
locality which is near Furcy that lies just to the north of 
Vesite, and they were taken at practically the same alti- 
tude. The females have from 30-31 pairs of legs, two with 
the former and three with the latter number. The single 
male has 29 pairs. The conspicuous pale spot at the side 
of the head is present in both sexes. 
Peripatus domiuicse Pollard, var. haitieusis Brues. 
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 54, p. 519 (1913). 
Of this form Dr. Darlington secured eight females and 
two males at the same place as the previous species, which 
is again practically the type locality. The occurrence of 
the two thus together suggests of course that they may 
be only color forms of one another although no such condi- 
tion has been found to prevail elsewhere in the group which 
now includes about one hundred species. Among the Ameri- 
can forms only Peripatus torquatus has a color pattern sim- 
ilar to that of P. manni; in this cas*e the spots are almost 
united to form a transverse yellow band behind the head, 
and appear to be a constant specific character. Morpholo- 
gical differences are slight, as indicated in the key, and the 
general arrangement of the of the integumentary papillse 
is much the same although there are fewer accessory pap- 
illse in haitiensis. 
Peripatus domiuicse Pollard, var. lachauxensis, var. nov. 
This form is represented by two specimens from Etang 
Lachaux, taken October 27, 1934 by Dr. Darlington at an 
altitude of less than 1,000 ft. This locality is in the south- 
eastern foot-hills of the Massif de la Hotte in the southeast- 
ern peninsula of Haiti. It is much nearer to sea-level 
than any of the others and is consequently much drier. As 
indicated in the key this variety differs from the preceding 
forms by the almost complete absence of accessory papilllse 
