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. dispar, Por., var. savasinorum, Haase—Ceylon (Newara 
Eliya). 
[C. dispar, Por., from S. Africa (Transvaal, Kaffera- 
ria); Madagascar. | 
. nermipes, Poc.—Ceylon. 
Genus PSILOSCOLOPENDRA, Kraep. 
. fee (Poc.)—Burma (Carin Berge). 
Genus SCOLOPENDRA (L.), Newp. 
valida, Luc.—India (Punjab, Sind, Rajputana); Malay 
Peninsula; Canary Isles; Syria; Arabia; Djibuti:; 
Socotra; E. coast of the Persian Gulf. 
[var. stemonyt, Att., Abd el Kuri Island off C. Guar- 
dafui. ] 
. pinguts, Poc.—Burma (Carin Berge). 
Se 
gracillima, Att.—Java. 
morsttans, I,—Occurs in all lands of the tropical and 
temperate zones ; centred in the Oriental and African 
regions. 
cingulata, Iatr.—Malay Peninsula; Andamans; S. Europe; 
Asia Minor ; Syria; N. Africa and in E. Africa as far 
south as Tanga in German FE. Africa (introduced ?); 
Madagascar!; Brazil.} 
. subspintpes, Teach—Occurs in all lands of the tropical and 
temperate zones with the exception of those round the 
Mediterranean Sea where it is replaced by the allied 
S. cingulata; centre of distribution the Oriental region, 
where a series of varieties have been evolved. 
var. dehaant, Brdt.—Chiefly from Sumatra, Java, Malay 
Peninsula, the whole of Further India (Burma. Siam, 
Anam) to China and India. 
var. hardwicket, Newp.—India (Madras Presidency): Cey- 
lon ; Further India; Nicobars; Malay Archipelago. 
var. spinosissima, Kraep.—Philippines. 
var. mutilans, 1,. Koch—China; Japan. 
var. multtdens, Newp.—Sumatra!; Java?; Tonkin!; China: 
Japan. 
[var. japonica, I,. Koch, Japan. | 
. indica, Mien.--India (W. Himalayas, Punjab, etc.). 
The region regarded as ‘‘Oriental’’ in drawing up the above 
list extends from the western boundaries of Sind, the Punjab and 
Kashmir to the eastern shores of Java, Borneo and the Philip- 
pines ; 
and all the Chinese species have been included. 
The centre of distribution of the Oriental Scolopendridz 
seems 
undoubtedly to be the Malay Archipelago, 33 (excluding the 
1 See Kraepelin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Pavis, X, 1904. 
