Mr. Nkwi-oht or to Gfcui Myriapoda, Order (hilopodn. 



tencd, witli the superior surface subconvex. :m.I the external margin mbsoal 

 Ml margin and surface with ■ multitude of minute black n|i inula-, from thirty to fortj 

 id number, distributed botb over tbc internal surface and mar-in. and 00 tbe internal 

 superior surface; internal angular p ,uth tin upex multitid. In! 



face rounded, with from fifteen to twenty WfOTJ minute point* distributed in littl. 

 gular transverse clusters of three or four in eacb (In- 

 verse direction; tibial joint ihoftef than th- . rounded. I. 

 dages smooth, but not polished, with the apex produced and multitid, and a minute 

 tooth at the external posterior border; j.reanal scale flattened, small and ek)l 

 rounded posteriorly, with the margin straight. 



The chief characteristic; marks of this ipedet are the labial teeth, ami the 



Dumber and great irregularity of the tubercles on the posterior pair of I 



These are too irregular to afford a good description. The specimen from 



which the above description was taken has Dr. Leach*- autograph specific name 

 attached to it. 



55. Scol. Grayii, capite corpore pedibusque saturate fcrrugineis, pedibus longU oompn 



paris postremi articulo femorali elongato; spinis parvis eirciter LS in margine snperti- 

 cieque interiore in seriebus 3 v. 4 obliquis: 12-14 que in raperficie inferiore in seriebus 

 tribus longitudinalibus alternantibus dispositis. — Long. unc. 6 



Scol. Grayii, Newp. I. c. p. 98. 



Hab. ? {v. in Mus. Brit.) 



Cephalic segment cordate, with two longitudinal, slightly elevated crista' ; basilar segment 

 with two oblique ones. Mandibular tooth moderate; labium smooth, with very mi- 

 nute punctures; dental plates strong, subquadrate; teeth six, the two external oai 

 each side strong, acute, triangular, with the internal one on each side acute, dilated, 

 subquadrate at its anterior margin; dorsal surface of the body with two minui< 

 vated cristae, extending from the head to the terminal segment ; basilar segment of the 

 posterior pair of legs elongated, with the superior surface and external margin rounded ; 

 internal surface and margin with at least fifteen small spines, three of which are 

 arranged in a longitudinal series on the internal margin, and the others in three ob- 

 lique lines on the internal surface; inferior surface convex, with from twelve to four- 

 teen spines arranged in three alternating longitudinal series. Lateral anal appen 

 smooth, with the apex multifid, and three minute tubercles on the posterior margin. 

 Preanal scale narrow, elongated, w ith posterior margin straight. 



I have much pleasure in naming this fine species in honour of .1. E. <» 



