NOTES ON MILLIPEDES. 7 



Family Glomeridce. 



Pill-millipedes with the antennas relatively close together 

 on the front of the head, eyes with a single (lateral vertical) row 

 of ocelli, a conspicuous horse-shoe shaped " sensory " organ 

 between the eyes and the antennae, and the body consisting of 

 twelve segments ; they are usually of small size, under J of an 

 inch (15 mm.) in length, and are found in England, Europe, 

 North America, and parts of Asia. Though species of Glomcris 

 are known from Tenasserim, Sumatra and Borneo, they have 

 not yet, to my knowledge, been recorded from the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Family Z&ph • on iidce. 



Pill-Millipedes with the antennae widely separated, situated 

 completely at the sides of the head, eyes composed of a spherical 

 cluster of ocelli, no bk sensory " organ on the face between the 

 eyes and the antenna?, and the body consisting of thirteen seg- 

 ments ; they attain a length of over 2^ inches (say 60 mm.), 

 and are found in Africa, Madagascar. India, Ceylon, Sikkim, 

 Burma, Siam, Cochin China, the Malay Peninsula and Archipel- 

 ago, Australia and New Zealand. Over sixty species are known, 

 divided into about seven genera. " A Monograph of the Zephro- 

 niida? inhabiting India, Ceylon and Burmah " by Pocock, will be 

 found in the Journal of the Bombay Nat. His. Societv, vol. xii, 

 (1899), pp. 2G9-285 and 465-474. 



Genus Spha'rojKcus, Brandt. 



Apex of the legs broad and truncate, the upper angle bear- 

 ing a long spine above the claw, there being a considerable 

 space between the claw and the spine. 



1. Sphoeropcvous :onatus, Pocock. A.-f M.N.H. Ser. 6, vol. xvi, 



1895, p. 412. Recorded from Malacca. 



2. Sphccropceus bimaculatus, Pocock. A.-j-M. N. H. Ser. 6, vol 



xvi, 1895, p. 412. Recorded from Singapore. 



Genus Zephronia, Gray. 



Apex of the legs narrowed and pointed, the spine and the 

 claw nearly contiguous. 



