256 On a new Millipede from Bengal. 



near tlie south-east, the Bolivian, end of the hike. Others 

 from Achacoclie in the same neiglibourhood (^Si7nons, ]900), 

 Desaguadero River (Pentland, 1850), and Puno, at the 

 western, Peruvian, end of the lake {KalitiowsJcf, 1895). 



Ti/pe. Adult female. B.M. no. 1.1.1.91. Original 

 number 1180. Collected 15th August, 1900, by Perry O. 

 Simons. Presented by Oldfield Thomas. Ten specimens 

 examined. 



XXVITI. — A new Termitophilous Millipede from Bengal. 

 By S. HiEST. 



(Published b}' permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In an appendix to Prof. Escherich's interesting work on the 

 natural history of the white ants of Ceylon * Prof. F. Silvestri 

 describes a new genus of millipedes, Tei-miiodesmus (forming 

 a new subfamily (Termitodesminaj) of the order Limaco- 

 niorpha), with two new species, T. ceylonicus and 2\ esclierichi, 

 both of which were found in nests of Termes obscuriceps, 

 Wasm. 



The present short note deals with a third species of this 

 genus, discovered by Mr. H. Maxwell-Lefroy in the mounds 

 of Termes ohesns, Rawb., at Cuttack, Bengal. My best 

 thanks are due to Mr. Maxwell-Lefroy for his kindness ia 

 allowing me to examine and describe this new millipede. 



Termitodesmus lefroyi^ sp. n. 



Cream-coloured. Body elliptical-oval in shape and rather 

 strongly convex dorsally ; it is less than twice as long as 



* ' Termitenleben aus Ceylon,' by Prof. K. Escherich (Jena: Gustav 

 Fischer, 1911). 



