from the Chinese Seas. 347 



the Palsearctic and North- American areas; the species of 

 Orthomorpha and Strongylosoma seem to indicate an Oriental 

 infusion, while Fontaria^ Paraiidas, and Spiroholus are 

 decidedly North-American elements. 



Thus, on the whole, the North-American character pre- 

 dominates in the Chinese fauna ; but it is interesting to note 

 that Dr. Wood long ago described from Hong Kong a species 

 of the genus Glomeris, which belongs to a family that is 

 wholly unknown in North America, but is abundant in the 

 temperate parts of Europe. The genus Olomeris is also 

 found in South Burma, Sumatra, and Borneo ; and the fact 

 of its having been turned up in Houg Kong seems to point 

 to the conclusion that it has made its way southwards into 

 the Indo-Malayan area by the Chinese route. 



CHTLOPODA. (Centipedes.) 

 Family Scutigeridae. 



Scutigera longicornis (Fabr.), subsp. clunifera (Wood). 



For descriptions and the synonymy of longicornis and 

 clunifera see Haase, ' Die Indisch-Australischen Myrio- 

 poden,' pt. i. pp. 17-19. 



Loc. Hong Kong (in a drain-pipe) ; Hang Chau in Che 

 Kiang (J. J. Walker) ; Fatshan, 20 miles up the Pearl River 

 beyond Canton [Bassett- Smith). 



The wide-ranging Oriental species 8. longicornis is the 

 largest of the genus, and it appears to attain to its greatest 

 dimensions in China and Japan. The specimen obtained by 

 Mr. Bassett-Smith at Fatshan is, I believe, the largest on 

 record ; it is 63 millim. (over 2^ inches) in length. 



The prevailing colour of the upper surface appears to be a 

 deep green, often tinged with or passing into brown ; the 

 saddles are very conspicuous on account of their large size 

 and their yellowish-red colour ; the legs are either pale or 

 deep green or brown, sometimes obscurely annulate, with 

 ferruginous tarsi. 



Dr. Haase regarded clunifera and longicornis as distinct 

 species. I cannot, however, at present quite adopt this view ; 

 but, upon the possibility of the species being ultimately 

 capable of division into local races, I provisionally retain 

 Wood's name for the Chinese form of it. 



In addition to the specimens obtained at the above localities, 

 the Brihsh Museum has others from the following places in 



