350 Mr. R. I. Pocock oti Chilopoda and Diplopoda 



eleventh, and thirteenth with their posterior 

 angles acutely produced ; coxal teeth 4-|-4 . . shimensis, sp. n. 

 fc'. Terga not or hardly wrinkled, their posterior 

 angles squared and not produced ; coxal teeth 

 ii+2 Holstii, sp. n. 



Family Scolopendridae. 

 Scolopendra suhspi'mpes, Leach, subsp. De ffaanii, Brandt. 



Loc. Hong Kong (/. J. Walker). A single example 

 obtained under a stone near the summit of the island, 

 1700 feet alt. 



Subsp. mutilans^ L. Koch. 



Loc. Tung Yung Island ; Chusan and Hong Kong {J. J. 

 Walker). 



The mutilans form of S. subspinipes^ characterized bj the 

 deep green colour of the body and the chestnut tint of the 

 head and first segment, takes the place in China and Japan 

 of the typically coloured southern form, subspitiipes, s. s. 



The British Museum has specimens from the following 

 localities : — S.E. Corea ; Japan, S. Japan, Nikko (Central 

 Japan), Yokohama; Snowy Valley in Ningpo, King Kiang, 

 Chung Yung, Kwan Gan-kway, in China ; Great Loo-Choo, 

 Tsur Island, and Formosa {Hoist Coll.). 



Of the form japo7ncay L. Koch, which differs from mutilans 

 in having the head and first tergite entirely green like the 

 rest of the body, the Museum has examples from Oo-Sima, 

 Loo-Choo (A. Carpenter) ; Tokio, Japan, and Tsu-Shima 

 (Hoist). 



\_Scolopendra morsitans^ Linn. 

 Loc. Great Loo-Choo [Llolst Coll.).'] 



Otostigmus orientalis, Porath. 



Otostigmus onentalis, Porath, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Ilandl. iv. no. 7, 

 p. 19. 



Loc. Manilla (/. J. Walker). 



[^Otostigmus scaler^ Porath. 



Otostigmris scaber, Porath, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. iv. no. 7, p. 20. 

 Otostigmus caritiatus, id. ibid., and of all authors. 



Loc. Oo-Sima {A. Carpenter) ; Hong Kong (/. C. Bow- 

 ring). 



This species has generally been known under the name 



