CHAMBEklin: myriopoda of the atstrauan region. 63 



146. MECISTOCEPHALUS SPI8SUS Wood. 



Journ. Acad. oat. Bci. Phil., L863, Ber. 2, 5, p. 43. 1 

 Lamnonyx spisstu Silvestri, Fauna Bawaiiensis, 1904, 3, p. 32Q? Records 



Indian inus., 1919, 16, pt. I, BO. 5, p. 7."), fig. XIX, 1-10. 3 



LOCALITIES. Hawaiian Islands: Oahu or Kaui; 1 Maui : Halcakala; 

 Molokai: Kau; Kauai: Halemanu; 2 Hawaii: Kilauea.' 



Tins species has otherwise been definitely recorded from Burma and 

 Sumatra byPocock(Ann. Mus. civ. Genova, 1891, 30, p. 424) who notes 

 it is not uncommon in the Indo-Malayan area (Weber's Reise, 1894, 

 3, p. 317). 



147. Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood. 



Journ. Acad. oat. sci. Phil., 1863, ser. 2, 6, p. 43. 1 Haase, Abhandl. Mus. 



Dresden, 1887, 5, p. 101. 2 



Mecistocephalus tahitiensis pororus Haase, Ibid., p. 102. 3 

 Lamnonyx tahitiensis Attems, Fauna sudw. Austr., 1911, 3, p. 458. 4 

 Lamnonyx tahitiensis Silvestri, Records Indian mus., 1919, (16), pt. 1, no. 5, 

 p. 47, fig. XVIII, 1-12. 5 



Localities. — Society Islands: Tahiti. 1 Queensland: Gayndah, 

 Rockhampton. 2 New South Wales: Loftus. 5 W. Australia: Tam- 

 ala, Northampton, Eradu, Wooroloo, Lion Mill, Guildford, Subiaco, 

 Jarrahdale, Collie, Bunburry, Donnybrook, Gooseberry Hill, York, 

 Cranbrook, Torbay; Albany. 4 Fijis: Viti Levu. 3 New Guinea: 

 Sattelberg. 5 



148. Megethmus ferrugineus (Hutton). 



Himantarium ferrugineum Hutton, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 1877, ser. 4, 20, p. 115. 

 Geophilus huttoni Pocock, Op. cit., 1891, ser. 6, 8, p. 223. * 



Locality. — New Zealand: Wellington. 1 



Dasyptyx, gen. nov. 



Differing from Mecistocephalus sens. str. in having the mandibular laminae 

 dentate only distally and the portion proximad of the teeth with margin 

 densely ciliate to base instead of dentate throughout. It also differs in having 

 the lateral pieces of the labrum densely ciliate throughout instead of being 

 wholly smooth. 



