242 RF.rORT ON MYRTAPODS 



W'itji regard to the species of Litliohiiis here recorded, it must I:)e noted that tlie speci- 

 mens beinjj few and nut all in adult condition, it was not possible to appreciate the value of 

 the range of variability of some characters, as for instance that of spines on first joint of 

 the legs of the posterior part of the body; therefore I have, fur the present, preferred to 

 retain specimens sliowing such variation as varieties. It will he necessary, later, when more 

 numerous specimens are available, to establish the range of variability of the characters under 

 consideration. 



As to the generic reference of the greater part of these IJthohiidac, notwithstanding the 

 characters of the antennal joints and of the teeth of maxillipedes, I have referred them to 

 the genus Lithobius s. 1. and not to Porubiiis proposed for forms possessing such characters 

 by Attems, attending a more scientific revision of the old genus. 



CIIILOGNArilA 



Family POLYXENIDAE 



Polyxcnus sp. 



One young specimen of but 8 segments was collected at K 2. Takht-i-.Sulaiman, 

 Srinagar, 20 March 1932, at c. 1585 m. 



Family I'OLYDESMIDAE 



Subfamily Strongylosominae 



Kashmiriflsoina contortipcs Schubart 



Through the kindness of Dr. J. B. Corporaal 1 have Ix'cn able to compare the type 

 material (3 specimens) of Kashmiriosoma contortipcs Schubart, collected by the Dutch 

 Expedition in Kashmir (Sind Valley and Matayan near Dras ) with the few specimens (1 

 male, 2 females) of the Yale North India Expedition collected also at K 7i, Matayan 

 (under stones) at about 3170 m., 20 May 1932. The only appreciable difference I have 

 found is in the copulatory legs, which in the typical specimens have not the external spine 

 (Text-figure 1, 1-2, S) on the second joint well developed, and have a shorter process at the 

 base of the pseudoflagelkun. As the typical and paratypical material is too scanty and does 

 not permit us to ascertain the range of the variation of the characters in (piestion, I refer 

 the specimens of the Yale Expedition to the same species. 



Subfamily Polydesminae 



Opisthoporodesmiis sp. 



One young female specimen with only 18 segments, which is too immature to refer 

 to any of the descril)ed species or to descril)e as new. 

 Localitv: Niknri Hills: Pvkara at c. 2133 m. 



