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found to be completely coated dorsally by a thin film of air 
and it was only when warm Bouin’s was employed that a 
proper preservation was insured. The power of the skin of 
Peripatus to repel moisture by means of the coating of air 
which forms about the papillae has frequently been noted 
(Claude- Joseph 1928, Andrews 1933). During life the ani- 
mal was dark reddish-brown above and pinkish beneath; 
the papillae appearing as an obscure peppering of light 
spots over the whole surface, with however some indication 
of an arrangement in four longitudinal rows on the dorsal 
side. Faint light stripes encircled the body opposite each 
pair of legs. The antennae were brown with striking white 
tips (Fig. 2, lower photo) and were constantly moving 
about in all directions, sometimes even crossing each other. 
The body was 61 mm. long when extended; the antennae 
about 5 mm. As preserved the body is contracted to 45 mm. 
and the antennae to 3 mm. The individual is a female and 
has 38 pairs of legs. Only this one specimen was found 
even though much time was spent during June and July in 
turning rocks in this same general locality while collecting 
frog eggs. Possibly, however, a search in dead trees and logs 
would have revealed more specimens. Mme. Claude-Joseph 
found the Chilean species Opisthopatus ( Metaperipatus ) 
blainvillei quite commonly under the bark of dead tree 
trunks though it occurred only very rarely beneath stones 
and logs. 
This sixth locality for Peripatus in Jamaica seems espe- 
cially worthy of note since it lies within the area sur- 
rounded by the other known regions where Peripatus oc- 
curs, and in the heart of the Blue Mountains almost ex- 
actly mid-way between the north and south coasts. This 
apparently constitutes the first record of any member of 
the Onychopora from the Blue Mountain Range proper. 
Gosse’s place of original discovery, Bluefields, is some 
eighty miles from the nearest part of the Blue Mountain 
chain and the three localities reported by Andrews (1911, 
1933) are all in the lowlands near the coast. The Bath re- 
gion lies in the foothills of the extreme eastern end of the 
Blue Mountain chain. In this connection attention may be 
called to a recent statement by Dr. C. T. Brues (1935) to 
