Sub Ord. I. SCHIZOTARSIA.
Antennæ multiarticulatee, corpore multo longiores. Scuta singula segmenta duo obtegentia. Oculi compositi. Tarsi multiarticular, longissimi.
Fam. Schizotarsia, Brandt, Recueil, p. 26.
Tribe Schizotarsia, Newport, Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 274.
Fam. 1. CERMATTIDÆ. Scuta 8, singula stigmata mediana postice instructa.
Fam. Cermatides, Leach, Linn. Trans., vol. xi, 1815, p. 381.
Fam. Scutigeridæ, Gray, Cyclop. Anat. et Physiol., vol. iii, 1847, p. 546.
Fam. Scutigeridæ, Gervais, Apt., vol. iv, p. 56.
Fam. Cermatiidæ, Newport, Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 275.
Sub Ord. II. HOLOTARSIA.
Antennæ 12 — 60 articulate, corpore haud longiores. Scuta singula segmento unico obtegentia. Oculi simplices vel nulli. Tarsi 3 articulati, breves.
Fam. Holotarsia, Brandt, Eecueil, p. 26.
Tribe Holotarsia, Newport, Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 275.
Fam. 2. LITHOBIIDÆ. Scuta 15, ineequalia, in seriebus duabus alternantibus disposita.
Fam. Lithobiidæ, Newport, Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 275, et auctores.
Fam. 3. SCOLOPENDRIDÆ. Scuta 21—23, in serie unica disposita. Pedum postremorum coxæ magnæ, iricrassatæ, armatæ.
Fam. Scolopendridæ, Leach, Linn. Trans., vol. xi, p. 381 (partim). Fam. Scolopendridæ, Newport, Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 275, et Gervais. Fam. Scolopendridæ, Gray, Encycl. Anat. Physiol., vol. iii, p. 547 (partim).
Fam. 4. SCOLOPENDRELLIDÆ[1] "Corpus pedesque breves, appendicibus styliformibus. Segmenta inæqualia; scutis 16 dorsalibus imbricatis. Antennæ elongatæ, articulis ultra 16."
- ↑ I have never seen a specimen of this family, and give the characters assigned by Mr. Newport.
