358 Mr. Newport on the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda. 



13. Cerm. Vesuviana, virescenti-flava, scutis asperis subcarinatis fasciis duabus pallidiori- 

 bus (?), mandibuHs flavis, pedum postremorum femoribus annulo unico : tibiis tarsisque 

 annulis duobus atro-violaceis ; articulo metatarsal! primo secundo quintuple longiore, 

 antennis corpora fere bis longioribus, metatarsis rufescentibus, — Long. lin. 10. 



Scutigera Vesuviana, Costa, Mem. Zool. i. p. 52? 

 Hab. In Regno Neapolitano. {v. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



I am greatly inclined to believe that this is the Scutigera F'esuviana of Costa, 

 although (he description given of his species is not sufficiently precise to iden- 

 tify it. The following are his remarks on it : 



" Scutigera Vesuviana. 



" Scutigera murina, mandibulis flavescentibus, antennis crassis subconicis, pedibus car- 

 neis. 



" Longa lin. Sy'^Q ; larga lin. 11. 



" Tutta di color marrone piu chiaro nel margine. Antenne mediocri di no. 50 articuli anellari 

 e decrescenti, quel degli apici orbiculari. Mandiboli gialli. Capo e tarsi di color car- 

 niccio. Femori inermi. Corpo coperto di 7 scudi marginati, e quasi posti ad embrice." 



This species, Costa says, lives in volcanic regions where smoke comes from 

 the ground, and feeds on living and dead animals. 



14. Cerm. rubrolineata (Tab. XL. fig. 1.), saturate aurantiaca, fasciis tribus longitudinalibus 

 castaneis, femoribus juxta apicem annulo unico, tibiis tarsis articuloque metatarsali primo 

 annulis latis duobus violaceis, articulo metatarsali primo secundo quadruple longiore. — 

 Long. unc. 1. 



Cerm. rubrolineata, Newp, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 96. 

 Hab. In India Orientali, Hardwicke. {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



Posterior part of the head nearly flat, without depressions ; antennae a very little longer than 

 the body ; dorsal plates very much flattened, with their posterior borders more rounded 

 and obtuse than in C. Hardwickei, with the median longitudinal portion formed by a 

 line of minute spines. Praeanal scale short, quadrate, deeply emarginated. Marginal 

 spines of the scutella somewhat scattered. Posterior pair of legs about one-fifth more 

 than twice as long as the body. Scutella and body very slightly hairy. 



This species approaches the Lithohiidce in the broad and flattened form of 

 the dorsal plates, and in the rounded form of their posterior borders. It was 

 placed in the cabinet by the side of C. Hardwichei, but it is a very distinct 

 species. 



