Arachnida, etc. 155 



Family GEOPHILIDJE. 

 3. Mecistocephalus castaneiceps, Ilaase. 



Abh. Museum, Diesdeu : Chilopoden, p. 102, pi. vi, fig. 109. 



Specimens taken by both Mr. Lister and Mr. Andrews. 

 Originally recorded from Pulo Edam, otf tlie north coast of Java ; 

 also occurring in Table Island, Andamans {E. )l\ Oates), and in 

 Eotuma (*S. Gardiner). 



Class DIPLOPODA. 



rumily STEOjS^GYLOSOMIDiE. 



1. Orthomorpha coarctata (Sauss.). 



Taradcsmns coarctatus, Sauss. : Mem. Soc. Phys. Geueve, 1860, p. 298. 

 FaradcsiiiHs vicariits, Karsch: Auz. f. Naturi,'., 1S81, p. 08, pi. iii, fig. 8. 

 mtroiiffi/losuma poei/i, Eollmaii : Eiit. Amer., iii, p. 81. 



Not previously recorded from Christmas Island. 

 Universally distributed, and of common occurrence in conserva- 

 tories in various parts of Eui'ope. 



Family CYLINDRODESMID^. 

 CYLmDRODESMUS, Poc. 



Ci/lliidrodesmus, T'ocock : P.Z.S., 1888, p. 553; Aim. Mng. Nat. Hist. (7), 



1898, i, p. 328. 

 Ilaplosoma, Verhoeff : Zool. Anz., 1894, xvii, p. 8 [nom prvocc). 

 Haplodesmus, Cook: Aun. N. York Acad., ix, p. 4. 



2. Cylindrodesmus hirsutus, Poc. 



P.Z.S., 1888, p. 558, fig. 2 ; Aun. Mag. Xat. Hist. (7), 1898, i, p. 329. 



Taken by Mr. Lister and by Mr. x^Jidrews in various parts of the 

 island. 



The specimens of this Millipede collected by Mr. Lister were 

 the only representatives of the genus known at that time, 

 "^^ithin "the last eix years, however, two fresh species have been 

 discovered. One of these was met with in Amboina, and was 

 named Ilaplosoma strulelU hj Yerhoeff ; the other, described by 

 myself as Cylindrodesmus riliostis, was obtained by Mr. Stanley 

 Gardiner in the island of Piotuma. The specific features of the 

 three are tabulated in my above cited paper in the "Annals" for 

 last year. 



