190 The Myriapoda of Cambridgeshire 



-2. The Scolopendromorpha are represented in this country 

 by a single form Cryptops kortensis, synonymous with C. 

 *<iri<jmj. It is common in gardens. 



3. Of the Lithobiomorpha the British species are LithnltiiiA 

 variegatus, Newport. Distinguished by the curious ;nmul;ir 

 markings on its limbs. I have had this species from Devon, 

 Cornwall, and Ireland. L. forficatus, Leach; a common species 

 both in this country and on the Continent. It is synonymous 

 with L. laevilabi'um, Leach, L. vulgaris, Leach, L. Lnn-lni, 

 Newport. A very common species found over most of Europe 

 and even in North and South America. 



L. pilicornis ; according to Pocock, this species is synony- 

 mous with L. sloanii, Newport, L. longipes, Porath, and L. 

 galathea, Meinert. It has a wide distribution in southern 

 countries, having been found in Madeira, Morocco, and the 

 Azores. 



I have had specimens from Cornwall but have not been 

 able to find it in the North of England or Scotland. 



L. melanops, a very small species. According to L. Koch 

 it does not occur in Germany. L. microps, another small 

 species which, according to Carpenter, is found in Ireland. 

 It also occurs in Denmark. L. crassipes, I have got specimens 

 from Dartmoor and Cornwall. 



4. The Scutigeromorpha are represented by a single species 

 Scutigera coleoptrata. This species was found in Scotland by 

 Gibson Carmichael, but the occurrence of a species which 

 is confined to hot climates, so far north, leads one to believe 

 that it may have been imported. I have however had one 

 sent me for examination from Jersey, and as this was a young 

 specimen it was probably bred there. 



Of the Myriapods of Cambridgeshire in particular, the 

 information is very scanty. I have myself collected specimens 

 in the part of the county surrounding Cambridge and ex- 

 tending to Royston and the boundary of Essex, towards 

 Heydon and Audley End, but I cannot say that even in this 



