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through the kindness of H. B. M. Consul Brown — at Porto- 

 fino ('). With the exception of Busalla all these localities are 

 on or near the coast, and since Monaco and Portofino are 

 respectively situated nearly at the Western and Eastern extre- 

 mities of Liguria it may be presumed that we have now a 

 fair knowledge of the maritime species of the country. 



Taking into consideration the small number of places inve- 

 stigated and the shortness of the time devoted to each, the extent 

 of the collection in numbers both of specimens and of species 

 speaks well for the richness of the Chilopod fauna. And, more- 

 over, seeing that three of the species are new, it can not be 

 doubted that fresh collections, especially if made inland and at 

 all altitudes, v,'ill soon add largely to the list that is here given 

 and will, in all probability, bring to light species that have never 

 been seen before. 



In addition to the interest which always accompanies any 

 contribution to our knowledge of the fauna of a district, the 

 detgrmination of the material composing this collection has 

 afforded the opportunity of assigning to their correct position in 

 this group of Chilopoda several of the species established nearly 

 or more than half a century ago, by the two well-known En- 

 glish Naturalists, D.^' Leach and D.*' Newport. 



These species, based for the most part upon dried and im- 

 perfect specimens and characterised in accordance with the 

 knowledge of their day, have hitherto met with no or but little 

 recognition. But fortunately the types are still in existence and 

 — thanks to the excellence of modern descriptions — an exa- 

 mination of these has shown that many of the names now in 

 vogue on the continent can for the future only be retained in 

 faunistic lists as secondary titles for the species that they have 

 hitherto symbolised. 



(') Along the sides and top of the promontory at altitudes of from 500' to 1800^ 



