ON THE EGGS AND INSTARS OF SCUTIGERELLA. 741 
On the Eggs and Instars of Scutigerella sp.” 
By 
FP. Muir and J. €. Kershaw. 
With Text-figures. 
THis species is common in Amboina, very abundant in 
Ceram, and probably also in all the Moluccas, and perhaps 
other islands of Netherlands India. It lives chiefly, and in 
great numbers, in the black mould between the bark and 
the wood of rotten logs, in the rotten wood itself, under dead 
leaves, and under stones and pieces of wood lying on the 
ground. It is found only in damp situations, and seems to 
prefer the low-lying land to the hills, though it is common 
there also. 
The female makes use of small cavities in the wood to lay 
her eggs in, the cavities being probably made by other wood- 
boring insects. The eggs (fig. 1) are laid in batches of about 
half a dozen; there is a short, stout pedicel or pillar, hollow 
and more or less ribbed, the upper part of which embraces 
the lower half of the first egg laid; the base of the pillar is 
cemented to the wall of the egg-chamber. ‘lhe rest of the 
eggs are cemented to the first egg and to one another, and 
* The authors having requested me to send the Myriapods which 
are the subject of this paper, to some competent naturalist, I con- 
sulted Mr. Pocock, who informs me that they belong to the genus 
Scutigerella, and probably the species Orientalis, Hansen (this 
JOURNAL, vol. 47, 1903, p. 38).—Apam Supe@wick. 
