Archey. — Notes on New Zealand Chilopoda. 



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Art. XXII. — Notes on New Zealand Chilopoda. 



By Gilbert Archey, M.A., Assistant Curator, Canterbury Museum. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 4th November, 1920 ; received by 

 Editor, 31st December, 1920 ; issued separately, 4th July, 1921.] 



LITHOBIOMOKPHA. 



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HENICOPIDAE. 

 Lamyctes oticus n. sp. (Figs. 1 to 3.) 



Colour rich brown. 



Major tergites with anterior and lateral raised margins, emarginate 

 from the 8th caudad ; minor tergites with broader, less distinct margin. 



lujillBRARY 



Lamyctes oticus n. sp. 

 Fig. 1. — Prehensors. Fig. 2. — Anal leg. Fig. 3. — Gonopod of 9 . 



Antennae with 25 joints. Prehensors (fig. 1) with long curved claw, pro- 

 sternum 1-78 times as wide as long, teeth 3 -\~ 3. Coxal pores ^^. First 

 tarsal joint of 15th legs (fig. 2) four times as long as wide; tibial spur 



