72 Records of the Indian Musemn. [Voiv. VIII, 



R. cuprea, Krpln. 



Kobo, 400 ft., 30-xi — 3-xii-ii (one in rotten wood and one 



in earth). 

 Balek, 600 ft., 24-iii-i2. 



Up to the present the only published record for this species 

 is Bhutan. The Indian Museum has, however, recently received 

 specimens from the following localities : — 



E. Himalayas: Darjiling District — Kurseong, ca. 5,000 ft.; 

 Ghumti Tea Estate, ca. 4,000 ft. 



Assam: Sylhet — Shamshernager, ca. roo ft. 



This species is much nearer R. sluhlmanni, Krpln., and 

 R. peter si (Por.) from Africa than Kraepelin supposed ; for the 

 fourth joint of the antenna is often broader than long, the first 

 stigmata may approach an c/5-shape, the pseudopleura may be 

 terminated by 3 instead of 2 spines, and the nineteenth and 

 twentieth legs may have 2 and i instead of i and tarsal spurs 

 respectively. It can be distinguished however by its 20-21- 

 jointed antenna. In one specimen one of the antennae is only 

 iSjointed and has the terminal segment present, but presum- 

 ably this is due to regeneration after mutilation. 



Genus Ethmostigmus, Poc. 



E. pygomcgas (Kohlr.). 



Kobo, 400 ft. (rotten wood). 



Upper Rotung, ca. 2,000 ft. (collected by M. de Courcy). 



This species is found throughout the E. Himalayas, Assam, 

 Burma and the Nicobars. 



Subfamily SCOLOPENDRINAE. 

 Genus Scolopendra (L) Newp. 

 S. mazbii, n. sp. 



Upper Rotung, ca. 2,000 ft., Jan., 1912. 



One small specimen was found under the leaf-stem of a plan- 

 tain ; the rest were obtained by Capt. the Hon. M. de Courcy and 

 the 32nd Sikh Pioneers when road-making ; the name chosen for the 

 species is taken from that of the caste to which the men of this 

 regiment belong. 



Description. — Length (apart from appendages) up to 95 mm. 

 Antennae ly-jointed, the first five joints hairless, the rest uniform- 

 ly pubescent throughout. Dorsal surface of head dark bluish 

 in front, pale greenish behind, marked with a fine longitudinal 

 groove in the middle line. First segment also pale greenish above, 

 with or without the fine median groove ; second and third seg- 

 ments dark bluish with a pair of distinct longitudinal grooves; 



