102 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



MYRIAPODA. 



FAMILY CHILOPODA. 



Scolopendra platypus, Brandt Two specimens. 



Centipedes were fairly common on the island, and were apt to 

 creep into and hide amongst the folds of any unworn titi dresses. 

 If such clothes had been laid aside, it was necessary before using 

 to have them carefully fumigated. This was done by placing a 

 handful of " Gnashu " (Sccevola) leaves on some embers around 

 which the titi dresses were arranged, and a couple of mats were 

 packed round to keep the smoke in. Karsel and Finch* recorded 

 S. platypus, Brandt, Orphnteus lividus, Mein., and Otostignus 

 orientalis, For., from the Marshall Group in 1880. 



* Berlin, Ent. Zeit,, xxv. p. 15. 



