Word: peripatus
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...collected hitherto unknown species of flightless mountain beetles, some unusual ground insects, some fine river-living beetles from 3000-4000 feet; some frogs peculiar to the region from 5000 feet to the summit; some reptiles from 3000-5000 feet; and six peripatus, a caterpillar-like insect which lives in damp tropical regions...
Other important additions are: a large series of reptiles, amphibians, and two forms of Peripatus from T. Barbour; a collection of reptiles from the New York Zoological Society; first series of duplicates of the Mollusca and Brachiopoda of the Albatros expeditions of 1891, and 1904-1905, and a set of Pacific sponges from the U. S. National Museum; specimens of Icelandic birds and birds' eggs from J. W. Hastings and L. J. de Milhau; additional gifts of type specimens of jumping spiders from Dr. G. W. Peckham, Mrs. E. G. Peckham, and J. H. Carter; mammals and birds from Mexico...
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