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metallicus—occuts in Sumatra and Sangir Island and also in 
Ceylon. 
Of the remaining 33 Oriental species 4 are known from the 
Malay Peninsula, and 13 others from the Burma-Cambodia-Anda- 
man region. Of the 4 Malay species one—Ethmostigmus 
albidus—is only known from Singapore. Another—Scolopendra 
cingulata—also occurs in the Andamans but is otherwise unknown 
from the Oriental region; it occurs, however, on the one side in 
Brazil, and on the other in Madagascar, E. Africa and the districts 
bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. 
Scolopendra valida is found in north-west India (excluding the 
Himalayas), Persia, Syria, Arabia, Socotra and the Canary Islands, 
and Otostigmus scabey occurs in the Nicobars, Burma, Siam and 
China. Of the 13 additional species found in Burma, etc., one— 
Khysida calcarata—is known from Cambodia and Siam only, and five 
—Cryptops fee, Otostigmus oweni, O. fee, Pstloscolopendra fee 
and Scolopendra pinguis—from Burma only. Otostigmus ceylonicus 
occurs only in Burma and Ceylon, O. morsitans and Ethmostigmus 
spinosus in these two countries and in India. E. pygomegas 
extends from the Nicobars and Burma through Assam and the 
Eastern Himalayas ; Cormocephalus pygmaeus is probably to be 
found all over India and in Burma. And there are two species 
which have a more scattered distribution, Otostigmus vugulosus 
occurring in Siam, Burma and the Andamans, the Seychelles and 
Mauritius; and Asanda brevicornis in the Andamans, Madras 
Presidency of India, Arabia, Socotra and Somaliland—a distri- 
bution allied to that of Scolopendra valida described above. 
There are 2 species which appear to be peculiar to China— 
Mimops ortentalis and Scolocryptops broelemanni. The distribution 
ot Otocryptops rubiginosus which is confined in the Oriental Region 
to China has been referred to above. Another 2 species—Cormo- 
cephalus dispar var. sarasinorum and C. inermipes—are confined to 
Ceylon, C. dispar (s. str.) being however only found in Madagascar 
and S. Africa. 
The remaining 11 species are all Indian. Otostigmus nudus , 
O. splendens and O. rufriceps are only known from the Madras 
Presidency ; Rhysida crassispina from the Madras and Bombay 
Presidencies; and Otostigmus orientalis from these two districts and 
the Seychelles. Cormocephalus dentipes is recorded only from 
Bengal, Rhysida cuprea from Bhutan and Scolopendra indica from 
the W. Himalayas, Punjab, etc. Rhysida lithoboides occurs in 
India and China, R. paucidens in India and Somaliland and R. 
peterst in India and S. Africa. 
It would be futile to attempt to draw any far-reaching 
couclusions from the above records, for it is almost certain that 
many species will eventually be found in fresh localities as soon as 
these can be thoroughly examined. A few noteworthy facts may, 
however, be briefly noted here. 
As stated above, the Oriental Scolopendridee seem to be 
centred in the Malay Archipelago. Species found in the ‘‘ Oriental’’ 
