256 On a new Millipede from Bengal. 



near the south-east, tlie Bolivian, end of the lake. Otliers 

 from Achacoehe in the same neighbourhood {Simons, ]900), 

 Depaguadero River (Pentland, 1850), and Puno, at the 

 Avestern, Peruvian, end of the lake [KaUnoicshi, 1895). 



Ti/pe. Adult female. B.M. no. 1.1. 1.91. Original 

 number 1180. Collected loth Aii2:ust, 1900, by Perry O. 

 Simons. Presented by Oldfield Thoraa?. Ten specimens 

 examinee). 



XXVIII. — A new Ttrmitophilous Millipede from Bengal. 

 By S. HiEST. 



(Piiblislied by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In an ajipcndix to Prof. Escherich's interesting work on the 

 natural iiistory of the white ants of Ceylon * Prof. F. Silvestri 

 describes a new genus of millipedes, Termitodesnius (forming 

 a new subfamily (Termitodesmina?) of the order Limaco- 

 niorpha), with two new species, T. cfijlonicxifi and T. escherichij 

 both of which were found in nests of Termes obscuriceps, 

 Wasm. 



The present short note deals with a third species of this 

 genus, discovered by Mr. H. Maxwell-Lefroy in the mounds 

 of Termes cbesus, Rawb,, at Cuttack, Bengal. My best 

 thanks are due to Mr. Maxwell-Lefroy for his kindness in 

 allowing me to examine and describe this new millipede. 



Termiiodesmits lefroiji^ sp. n. 



Cream-coloured. Body elliptical-oval in shape and rather 

 strongly convex dorsally ; it is less than twice as long as 



* 'Termiteulebeu aus Cevlon,' by Prof. K. Escherich (Jeua : Gustav 

 Fischer, 1011). 



