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Ulster localities hitherto discovered are Poyntzpass, Ar- 

 magh ; Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Kilkeel, and Hillsborough, 

 Down ; and Portmore, Glenshesk, and Cushendall, Antrim. 

 Outside Ulster it has been taken at Carlingford, Co. Louth. 



Subfamily Scolopendrellinje. 

 Scolopendrellopsis subnuda (Hansen). 



Murlough Bay and Cushendall, Antrim, are the only Irish 

 localities in which this species has hitherto been found. 



Symphylella delicatula (Bagnall). 



This species has been obtained at Poyntzpass, Armagh ; 

 and Hillsborough and Kilkeel, Down. 



Symphylella vulgaris (Hansen). 



Our only Irish records for this species are from Corry's (xlen 

 and The Park, both in the neighbourhood of Hillsborough, 

 Co. Down. 



XLIV. — New Hispinre. By S. Maulik, Professor of 

 Zoology in the University of Calcutta. 



Tins paper contains descriptions of three new Hispids — two 

 from Africa and one from Arabia. The African insects are 

 interesting because they belong to genera — Monochirus and 

 Phidodonta — which have hitherto been confined to the 

 Oriental region. 



The structure of the claws is one of the important characters 

 which are used for the recognition of the genera of the spiny 

 Hispids. Sometimes these claws are so minute (as in the 

 case of the insects dealt with here) that it is difficult to observe 

 them under a dissecting microscope. A balsam preparation 

 is therefore necessary. In making such a preparation one 

 finds that it is troublesome to put the dissected claw on its 

 dorsal surface (which is convex) to facilitate observation of 

 the ventral side (which is concave). This difficulty is over- 

 come by imbedding the claw first in collodion. The claw is 

 run up to absolute alcohol and then through a half-and-half 



