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9. Scolopendra feae, sp. n. 
Colour. Head plate and anterior half of 15° tergite reddish 
brown; tergites pale olivaceous or ochraceous with dark oli- 
vaceous posterior borders; antennae green, paler at the base; 
legs pale green or pale ochraceous. 
Head shining, very feebly punctured, with a median almost 
obsolete fine sulcus in its hinder half, lightly impressed mesially 
on each side of the sulcus. 
Antennae short, composed of 17 segments, whereof the basal 
five are nearly naked and the rest pubescent. 
Maxillary sternite and feet very feebly punctured ; prosternal 
plates small, separated, each furnished with five, small, rounded 
denticles ; basal tooth very small and simple. 
Tergites smooth, shining, not punctured; from the second 
bisulcate, from the ninth or tenth with raised lateral margins. 
Sternites smooth, shining, not punctured, bisulcate. 
Anal segment; tergite without median sulcus, posteriorly im- 
pressed; sternite narrow, with converging lateral margins, rounded 
posterior angles, straight posterior margin; plewrae normally 
punctured, with a short, simple process and no lateral spine ; 
anal legs of moderate length, somewhat slender, armed above 
on the inner side with one small spine or two large stout spines 
(not including the posterior angular spine, which is strong and 
simple), on the under surface there are five or six strong stout 
spines arranged in pairs in three sub-parallel series; tarsal 
segments without spurs; claws without basal spurs. 
Legs; tarsi of all the legs without spurs; claws with two 
basal spurs. 
Length about 53 mm. 
Habitat. Carin mounts, Cheba district, village of Meteleo, 
900-1200 m. One specimen collected by Sig. L. Fea. 
This species is very distinct. In its banded colouring it very 
much resembles some specimens of Sc. mutans or Se. morsitans 
or Sc. subspinipes. From the first and last of these it may be 
