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engaged upon his admirable work on the Chilopoda of the Austra- 

 lian and Oriental Regions , not finding a representative of the genus in 

 any of the many collections examined by him, wrote to me for in- 

 formation respecting Newport's type. This I supplied in the form of 

 a few rough sketches which Dr. Haase, with courteous acknowledg- 

 ment of their authorship , reproduced on plate VI of his work. The genus 

 was thus assigned to its correct position in the family of Geophilidae 

 upon the evidence of the original and only known specimen. But 

 now, about forty five years since the genus was characterised, 

 Dr. Max Weber, by great good fortune, has obtained a second spe- 

 cimen, which proves, however, to be the representative of a species 

 distinct from cumingii. This distinctness of the species is fortunate, 

 for it enables us to a great extent to say what characters are of 

 generic and what only of specific value. 



Perhaps little less interesting than the rediscovery of Gonibregma- 

 tus is the discovery in Flores of the new genus allied to Cryptops to 

 which I have given the name Paracryptops. This genus appears to 

 be a specialised form of Cryptops, and, although exceedingly curious, 

 unfortunately throws little, if any light upon the affinities of the 

 genera of Scolopendridae. 



II. List of the localities with the species that were obtained at each- 



Sumatra. 



Manindjau: Lithobius weberi, Scolopendra subspinipes; Rhysida rugu- 



losa; Mecistocephalus punctifrons. 

 Fort de Kock: Otostigmus carinatus. 



Mount Singalang: Lithobius weberi; Mecistocephalus spissus. 

 Ajer Mantjur: Scolopendra subspinipes. 

 Singkarah: Scolopendra subspinipes; Rhysida immarginata ; Cryptops 



ruficeps; Mecistocephalus punctifrons. 

 Solok : Scolopendra subspinipes ; Scolopendra subspinipes var. de haanii. 



Java. 



Buitenzorg: Scutigera longicornis; Scolopendra de haanii; Scolopendra 

 pinguis; Otostigmus spinosus ; Otostigmus latidens ; Rhysida immar- 

 ginata; Mecistocephalus punctifrons; Orphnœus brevilabiatus. 



Tjibodas: Henicops albipes ; Lithobius javanicus ; Mecistocephalus punc- 

 tifrons. 



