HEPORT VPON two collections op MYRIOPODA. 14l 



AntemicB short, thick at the base, attenuate, composed of 17 segments, 

 whereof the basal six are naked, and the rest pubescent. 



Maxillipede^ minutely punctured, coxod slightly depressed mesially 

 in front, the anterior plates somewhat long, slightly separated at the 

 base, in contact distally, each bearing four teeth, whereof the three 

 internal are fused, and the external distinct and conical. 



Tergites minutely punctured, each of them, with the exception of 

 the last hut including the first, marked throughout by two complete 

 conspicuous sulci ; the last five with raised margins. 



Sternites, except the last and first, with conspicuous sulci, not 

 impressed. 



Anal somite ; tergite with a complete median sulcus ; ^;Z(??«'fls marked 

 with very clearly defined circular larger and smaller pores, the pro- 

 cess conspicuous but not elongate, smooth, tipped with two spines, a 

 single spine near the tergite on the posterior border; sterniie somewhat 

 narrow, its sides strongly converging posteriorly, with rounded pos- 

 terior angles; legs moderately robust and moderately long, the 

 femur armed with about 17 spines, 3, 4, 3 in longitudinal rows on the 

 inner surface, and 8, 4 in longitudinal rows on the under outer edge, 

 the process small and tipped with two spines, the claw not basally 

 spurred. 



Legs somewhat robust with unspined tarsi but spurred claws. 



Stigmata small and circular. 



Length 25 mm. 



A single specimen, probably not adult, from Madras. 



Resembling C. dentines, from Bengal, in having the first tergite 

 completely bisulcate, but differing in having the anal legs smooth 

 and not tubercular. 



Family, Geophilidce. 



Mecistocephalus punctifrons, Newport. 



Trans. Linn. Soc, xix, p. 429 (1845) ; for synonymy, Pocock. 

 Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2), x, p. 423. 



Ceylon : Mr. Green. 



This is far the commonest oriental species of this family. Mr. 

 Thurston has already sent it from Madras. Mr. Gates has collected 

 it at many localities in Burma. 

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