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Show 26 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON MVRIOPODA AND [Jan. 5, * a species of Scolopendra, which agree closely with Lucas's figure and description of 8. oraniensis, and at the same time are not specifically distinguishable from the S.-European S.dalmatica; Lucas's name must consequently supersede that of Koch. The two specimens captured at Hammam R'irha are smaller and very dark-coloured, being an exceedingly deep green. The Tunisian example, on the contrary, is very much paler and considerably larger. CUPIPES GERVAISIANUS (Koch). Hammam Meskoutine. It is needless to repeat here the involved synonymy of this species. It may be found at length in my paper in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vii. pp. 51-53. This species also occurs in S. Europe. OTOSTIGMA SPINICAUDA (Newport). Branchiosloma spinicauda, Newp. Tr. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 412. Otostigma deserti, Meinert, Vid. Medd. Nat. Forening, 1886, p. 121. Biskra. The above-given synonymy was published by me before it had been my good fortune to examine a specimen of this species from the locality where the types of O. deserti were obtained. Dr. Anderson, however, has supplied the missing link in the chain of evidence by procuring a specimen from Biskra. This example is undoubtedly co-specific with Newport's types of JB. spinicauda and also with those that Meinert described as O. deserti. This species is not known to occur in Europe. CRYPTOPS ANOMOLANS, Newp. Constantine. This species is the punctatus of Koch and all authors ; see my paper on the Chilopoda of Liguria, in the Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) ix. p. 68 (1890). It is probably also the same as the species Lucas described as C. numidicus; but to this last were assigned only 12 antennal segments. Fam. GEOPHILIDJE. O R Y A BARBARICA, Gervais. Constantine, Kherrata, Hammam Meskoutine. HlMANTARIUM RUGULOSUM, Koch. Algiers. HlMANTARIUM MEDITERRANEUM, Mein. Constantine. GEOPHILUS PUSILLUS, Mein. Algiers. |
