1885.] - J '' ,> [Meinert. 



In some respects, peculiarly with regard to the structure of 

 the head, Sc. Indica is a connecting link between Scolopendra 

 and the following genus Cormocephalus. 



Hab. The Rev. Mr. M. Carleton has collected this Scolopendra 

 at some places in East India ; Koolloo, Himalaya; Ambala ; a 

 station 70 miles S. W. from Ambala. 



9. Gen. Cwrmoceplialus. 



Cormocephalus Newport, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xix, p. 419. 



Lamina cephalica a lamina prima dorsali partim obtecta vel libera (scuta 

 dorsalia metameri tertii manifesta). 



Oculi ocellis 4. 



Antennae breviusculre, ad basin plus vel minus incrassatre, ante plus 

 vel minus attenuate, 17-19-articulata?, articulis plerisque breviusculis. 



Labri fimbria longa, setis longis, densis, simplicibus. 



Labii processus subconici, barba e setis brevibus, densis, uncinatis facta ; 

 palporum fimbria e setis brevibus, densis, manifesto uncinatis facta. 



Palporum maxillarium unguis in latere interiore dentibus binis validis, 

 acutiusculis armatus ; fimbria digitalis longior, setis longioribus, densis, 

 parum uncinatis, unguem medium paulum superans. 



Mandibular ante 12-13 pectinibus juxta et pone lamellam dentatem 

 coarctatis instruct*. 



Metameri quarti sternum integrum, robustum ; prosternum longeprom- 

 inens, in dentes majores incisum ; pedes prensorii articulo secundo et 

 tertio parvis, interruptis. 



Segmentum septimum absque spiraculis. 



Spiracula sat profunda, magna, angusta, manifesto triangula, longitudi- 

 nalia, per paria longitudine decrescentia. 



Pleurae posticre infra porosse, in angulum majorem vel minorem pro- 

 ducts}. 



Pedes anales breviusculi vel longiusculi, paulum incrassati, quinque- 

 articulati, articulo primo (femore) subcarinato, spinigero, ungue sat parvo, 

 parum. arcuato unguiculis binis armato vel simplice. 



I. Pedum analium unguis unguiculis binis armatus. 



1. COKMOCEPHAXUS AFER, n. sp. 



Flavo-olivaceus, ante obscurior, linea media dorsali pallida notatus ; sat 

 gracilis, ante robustior, sublrevis, larninis ventralibus manifesto bisulcatis ; 

 capite subovato, truncate Antenna? breves, ad basin crassre, attenuata?, 

 17-articulat33, prater articulos octonos priores dense brevissime hirsutae, 

 articulis brevibus vel breviusculis. 



Dentes prosternales quaterni (exteriores discreti), majores ; dens coxalis 

 niagnus, acutus. 



