On 80me Si/mphi/fii from Algeria. T)21 



with silvory tips to the slaty hairs . . . ," apparently very 

 like the other members of this group. 



Tail very short ; no aceouut is given regarding the tail- 

 hairs. 



in his remarks on the skull, Jentink mentions "a denti- 

 culation of the U)\ver inei^ors " — a feature very often present 

 in this genus, but jnore markedly so in Sylvlsorex. 



Dimensions of the type (taken from spirit-speeimcn) : — 



Head and body 7G mm.; tail 40; hind foot 15 (c. u.) ; 

 ear 7*5. 



Hub. llobertsport, Liberia. 



Tijpe. Adult female in spirit. 



The short tail readily separates bi'ttikoferi from the rest 

 of the occidentalis group. The exact relation which this 

 foiin bears to the other members of the group is not at all 

 clear. 



[To be continued.] 



XIjVT. — On a sinal/ Collect ion of Si/mphy/a from Alyeria. 

 By Richard S. Bagnall, F.L S. 



Some little time ag(j Mr. S. Hirst, of the British ^Museum, 

 submitted to me, ahjug with other material, a collection of 

 Symphyla made l)y himself in Algiers, and containing speci- 

 mens of Scitt'i(jertlla urmata, Hansen, whi(-h Mr. Hirst had 

 already ideiititied. I am also able to record an example of 

 ^'. immaculata taken by Mr. P. A. Buxton of Trinity College, 

 Cambridge. 



Genus Scutigeuella, Ryder. 



This genus, as restricted in my memoir on the classifi- 

 cation of the order (Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxxiii. 19L3, 

 pp. 195-199), contains four species, which may be tabulated 

 as follows : — 



1. Setffi on lefTs more numerous, smaller, and 

 less conspicuous ; a series on inner side of 

 metatarsus tpf liiud leg present. .Setie on 

 cerci rarely more than 0*18 to Oii mm. as 

 long as the depth of cercus :.'. 



Setae on legs ft'w.r, lunger, and more con- 

 spicuous ; the metatarsus of hind leg witii 

 only one lougish seta on the inner side at 



