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170 postica (C. postica. Say), except as to the eyes and teeth. Is it possible that Mr. Newport is mistaken as to the possession of eyes? Say certainly did not see them. Length 1¾ inches.

The color varies greatly in depth of shade, but the two ends are almost always darker than the intermediate portion of the body; the feet, with the exception of the last pair, are generally lighter. The cephalic segment is slightly emarginate in front. The suture between the true basilar segment and the prebasilar fold is very deep; it is formed by two lines rapidly divergent from the centre, and at the central portion there is quite a large triangular depression. In some specimens the scuto-episcutal sutures are well-marked. The posterior borders of the scuta are straight. The terminal scutum is nearly twice as large