Mr. Nkwport m the TA/w Ifyriapoda, Order ( Ihilopoda. 9ti 



This appears to be a very eommon specks, hut in the condition in which the 



MynujKxhi are usually brought to Europe, it- colours arc easily overlooked, as 



they undergo much change la spirits. The most marked character of this 

 species is the indistinctness of the labial teeth, \vhi«-li in some specimens arc 

 entirely absent. It differs also in the apex of tin- lateral anal appends 

 being- more elongated and bifid. 



28. Scol. Ceylonensis, saturate castanca, articulis tarsahbus viresrentibus ■CUtonUB d 

 Hum lateribus distincte marginatis, pedum pari postrcmo spinis ut in Scol. tmbtfMf^k 

 armato. — Long. unc. 5. 



Hab. In Ins. Ceylon, (v. in Mus. Brit.) 



29. Scol. planiceps, capite parvo complanato cum labio mandibulis appmdicibusque inalibtu 

 cacainis, corpore olivaceo, segmentorum marginibus saturate 1 viridibus, dentibus 10 di- 

 stinctis obtusis, pedibus postremis ferruginets ; femoribus subdilatatis: margin e inte- 

 riore spinis 4 acutis alternatim biseriatis : superficie inferiore spinis '2 longitudioalitet 

 dispositis. — Long. unc. 5. 



Hab. In Insula Antigua Caribaearum. (v. in Mus. Brit.) 



30. Scol. septemspinosa, capite antennis corpore pedumque pari postremo saturate oliva 

 mandibulis labio corpore subtus pedibusque saturate ferrugincis, pedum pari postremo 

 elongato gracili ; spinis 3 uncinulatis in articuli basalis margiue superiore interiors 

 2que in ejus superficie interna inferiorique. — Long. unc. 4. 



Scol. septemspinosa, Brandt, I. c. p. 60. sp. 4 ? 

 Hab. In China, (v. in Mus. D. Hope.) 



Cephalic segment almost ovate, convex, smooth ; mandibular tooth moderate ; labium very 

 smooth and convex, sutures absent; dental plates short, transverse, with the anterior 

 margin straight; teeth ten, very minute, obtuse, and coalescing ; posterior pair <>: 

 elongated and elegantly formed ; first and second joints of equal length, superior sur- 

 face of the first subconvex, with the external margin subacute ; internal margin with 

 three slightly hooked teeth, the posterior one long, sharp, and simple ; internal surface 

 rounded, with two small teeth a little anterior to the first and second marginal ones j 

 inferior surface rounded, with two strong spines arranged in a longitudinal series on the 

 external inferior margin. Preanal scale elongate, quadrate, narrowed posteriorly, with 

 the posterior margin straight. 



31. Scol. sexspinosa, flava, appendicibus analibus lateralibus ferrugineis (Scol. septemspinosa 

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