270 Mr. G. Newport on new species of Myriapoda. 



falcated margin"; segments eighty-one ; mucro of the penultimate 

 segment short. Length 9 inches. China } 



5. S. maculatus, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, a, Br.) Reddish orange ; 

 head, prothorax and antennae chestnut ; segments sixty-nine, with 

 a black spot on each side ; prothorax with its anterior margin fal- 

 cated, and its posterior angle produced and acute. Length 8 inches. 

 Calcutta. 



6. — fasciatus, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, a, Br.) Dark chocolate, 

 with the front of the head mottled with black, and a black trans- 

 verse fascia around the posterior half of each segment ; anal mucro 

 short, black ; legs orange. Length 10 inches. China? 



7. — cinctatus, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, b, Br.) Ferruginous, with 

 a narrow black ring around the middle of each segment ; legs fus- 

 cous, with a broad black annulus around the middle of each joint ; 

 segments seventy-five. Length 9 inches. India. 



8. — rubripes, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, h, Br.) Colour of dried 

 specimen whitish, with the posterior border of each segment black ; 

 head and legs red ; segments fifty-nine, smooth, polished. Length 

 3^ inches. Country ? 



9. — quadricollis, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 1, A, Br.) Chestnut- coloured; 

 front very convex, with the labial border red ; segments sixty-three 

 to sixty-five, smooth, with the posterior half of each very short, 

 with the margin elevated ; sides of the prothorax broad, quadrate, 

 with a deep fossa on the anterior portion, and the posterior angle 

 acute and elongated. Length 8 inches. } Fantee, Africa. 



10. — punctilabiurn, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, c, Br.) Colour of 

 dried specimen grayish, the posterior border of each ring chestnut ; 

 front convex, smooth, with the labial portion deeply emarginated 

 with a series of deep and closely arranged punctures ; segments 

 fifty-nine, with very faint obsolete striae ; anal mucro short. Length 

 ? Philippine Islands. 



11. — microsticticus, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, c, Br.) Orange-yel- 

 low ; segments sixty-six, the posterior margin of each irregularly- 

 marked with numerous minute black points; front convex, smooth, 

 with the labial margin dark chestnut ; legs with the basilar joints 

 compressed at their upper surface, and the inferior surface of the 

 tarsal joints armed with stiff hairs. Length 6^ inches. Cape 

 Coast Castle. 



12. — annulatipes, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, c, Br.) Fuscous, with 

 the posterior margin of the rings dark chestnut ; segments sixty- 

 eight, the anterior portion of each segment with numerous deli- 

 cate transverse plicae, the posterior half smooth ; legs with broad 

 flesh-coloured annuli. Length 7^ inches. Fantee, Africa. 



13. — obtusus, mihi. (Div. 1. Subdiv. 2, c, Br.) Chestnut-coloured ; 

 body short, very thick and obtuse, becoming suddenly enlarged 

 posterior to the tenth segment ; legs very short and slender, com- 

 pressed and hairy ; segments sixty. Length 6 inches. Congo, 

 W. Africa. 



14. — favotaniatus, Brandt. 



15. — antipodarum, Newp. 



