352 Mr. R. T. Pocock on Chilopoda and Diplopoda 



short and wide, more than twice as wide as long ; the phnrm 

 only moderately inflated, thickly covered, except close to tlie 

 tergite, with larger and smaller pores ; siernite small ; legs 

 long and slender, clothed with fine hair. 



Number of pairs of legs 59. 



Length up to 80 millim. 



Loc. Da-laen-Saen, 30 miles S.W. of Ningpo, 500-2500 

 feet alt. (J. J. Walker) ; Wo Lee Lake, 25 miles S. of 

 Ningpo [Bassett- Smith). 



[Mecistocephalus mirandus^ sp. n. 



Nearly allied to M. Smithii^ but differing apparently in 

 having the maxillipedes and head almost smooth ; the head 

 narrower, being more than twice as long as wide ; the pre- 

 tergal plate of the anal somite narrower, i. e. about twice as 

 wide as long ; the anal pleurse. more inflated and more 

 densely porous ; and, lastly, as many as Qb pairs of legs. 



Length up to 99 millim. 



Loc. Great Loo-Choo {Hoist Coll,). 



Two examples ( (J , ? ).] 



[Geophilus (?) Holstii, sp. n. (PI. XL figs. 1, la.) 



Colour pale yellow, head pale castaneous. 



Head coarsely punctured, studded with short setas, narrow, 

 much longer than wide, wider in front than behind, with 

 widely rounded anterior angles, with two posterior longitu- 

 dinal impressions ; frontal plate distinct ; hasal plate narrow, 

 wider than long, about as wide as the head, but much nar- 

 rower than the first tergite, its sides converging. 



Antennce moderately long, hirsute, rather robust. Coxge of 

 maocillipedes not covered below by the pleura, punctured, 

 hairy, the anterior border mesially notched, bidentate, the 

 femora largely overlapping the head at the sides, but the joint 

 of the claw falling short of the anterior angle of the head, 

 armed internally with a strong tooth ; claw basally armed 

 with a small tooth. The pleuras of the maxillipedes leaving 

 the external angle of the coxa uncovered above, but with 

 their inner edge not raised and thickened where it touches 

 the basal plate and the head. 



Terga bisulcate, punctured, hairy. 



Sterna with a median impression at the anterior end of the 

 body. 



Anal segment small; the tergite much longer than wide, 

 not covering the pleurse, and nearly parallel-sided ; pleune 



