244 RF.rORT ox MVRIAI'ODS 



CIIILOPODA 



Family GEUl'lllLlUAE 



Mccistoccplialiis ccf^lialotcs Mein 



One specimen from (N17) Nilt;iri Hills: Ootacamund, dam above Dho1)i's quarter 

 c. 2.M6m., 15 Nov. 1932, and a very _viiun_<4' specimen from (K55) Kans^an (Rest House) 

 c. 1766 m., 16 May 1932. 



GcophHiis iiifrniiissux Silv. 



var. crenulata nov. 



Text-figure 2 



S Corpus stramineum capite fiavo-ferrugineo. 



Lamina cephalica paullum latior quam longior setis brevibus modice numerosis instructa, 

 antennae articulis elongatis, decimo exempli gratia c. duplo longiore quam apice latiore, 

 pedes inaxillares fiexi capite retracto laminam cephalicani tractu brevissinio haud superantes, 

 subcoxis et articulis ceteris inermibus, articulo ultimo tantum tuberculo interno basali per- 

 parvo aucto, ungue l^ene arcuato margine interno maxima pro parte tenuissime crenulato. 



Tergita setis brevissimis parce numerosis instructa. 



Sternituni priinuni area subpostica mediana poris 8 instructa, stemita 2'"" ad 18"'" fovea 

 antica transversali et area mediana subpostica porosa ut Text-figure 2, 6 demonstrat, nee 

 non setis nonnullis brevissimis instructa ; sternita cetera areis duabus parvis sublateralibus 

 subposticis porosis, in segmento 19"^ poris 10+5, in segmento jienultimo 5 + 5. 



Pedes breves parum setosi, ungue seta basili antica breviore et postica brevissima. 



Scgmentum ultimuin pedifcrum scuto sulitrapcznideutn, subcoxis ])oris 4, (juorum duo 

 interni magni partim obtecti et duo sublaterales externi parum niinures, sternito trapeze mleum 

 c. 1/3 ad basim latiore (juain longiore, pedibus crassiusculis, articulis 1-5 sul)tus setis brevi- 

 oribus numerosis instruct!, ungue terminali parvo. 



Pedum paria 57; long, corporis mm. 22; long, antennaruni 3; long, pedum paris 

 decimi 0.52, ultimi 0.70. 



Habitat. Exemplum typicum ad "L 20 Ravine above i I imis (lonpa at 3525 m. 12 June 

 1930," lectum est. 



Observ'atio. Varietas haec a forma typica ("Matayan near Dras" Xicdcrl. Exp. Kara- 

 koriiiii) labri parte mediana denticulis sat distinctis, pedum maxillarium ungue margine 

 interno minutissiine crenulato salteni jim teniimre distinguenda est. 



