Dr. Leach’s Arrangement of the Crustacea^ c^c. 
383 
time majore, articulo basilari int^is spinoso. Oculi octo, qua- 
tuor utrinque in capitis margine antico figuram subrhomboi- 
clalem delinientibus. 
Of this genus we have no indigenous species. All the species 
(which I suspect to be numerous) have been confounded together 
under the title of Scolopendra morsitans, and the character given 
as specihe applies to all the species of the genus. 
* Corporis segmenta suhaqualia. 
Spec. 1. Scolopendra Gigas. 
S. segmentis transverso-quadratis angulis rotundatis ferrugineo- 
brunneis postich luteis, antennis palpis galeis pedibusque tes- 
taceis : pedibus (pari antico excepto) articulo basilari (secun- 
doque rarius) spinulosis. 
Habitat 
Long. Corp. 9i unc. 
Alus. IDoin. Jameson. 
Labium ferrugineum. Alandibulte basi ferrugineae,apice nigrae. 
Totum corpus sub lente punctulatum. Ungues calcesque subpi- 
ceo-atri. 
Corporis segmenta transversa alternantia, quinto et sexto 
subeequalibus. 
Spec. 2. Scolopendra alternans. 
S. pedibus posticis articulo primo tereti internh spinuloso. 
Scolopendra alternans. Leach, Edin. Encycl. vii. 
Habitat , , • • 
Spec. 3. Scolopendra subspimpes. 
S. pedibus posticis articulo primo subtereti supra piano ad api- 
cem internh pauci-spinoso. 
Habitat — 
Alus. Britan. 
Spec. 4. 
