8 NOTES ON MILLIPEDES. 



3. Zephronia anthracina, Pocock. A.-^-M. N. H. Ser. 6, vol. 



xvi, 1895, p. 413. Entirely black, shining ; reaches a 

 length of 52 mm. recorded from Perak. 



4. Zephronia impunetata, Pocock. A -\-M. N. H. Ser. 6, vol. 



xvi, 1895, p. 413. Pitchy black hinder borders of terga 

 obscurely ferruginous, legs olivaceous ; length 36. mm. 

 I found a single specimen (the type) in the jungle near 

 the big waterfall in the Botanical Gardens, Penang, in 

 March 1895. 



I got specimens of Zephronia also from Singapore, Selangor 

 and Kosichang - . of so far undetermined species. 



Order Helminthomorpha, 



Sub-order Colobognatha. 



Small Millepedes, largest about 1J inches (or 40 mm.) in 

 length, with elongate bodies composed of from about 30 to over 

 100 segments ; head often tucked under the first segment ; 

 mouth more or less adapted for sucking, the jaws being degene- 

 rate ; known from England and also from most warm parts of 

 the world ; divided into several families. 



Family Pseudodesmidce. 



5. Pseudodesmus verrucosus, Pocock. A.+M. X. H. Sept.'87, 



p. 222. Originally described from a Perak specimen, 

 34 mm. in length. In Sept. '97 I found one specimen of 

 a beautiful pale cream colour at Dumdruan Estate, 700 

 feet elevation, Gunong Pulai, Johore. 



6. Pseudodesmus sp. Yellow millipedes, 23 mm. in length. 



Ten specimens found under logs, etc., in the jungle near 

 Hinlap, 700 feet elevation, and Muok Tek, 900 feet, in 

 the Dong Phya Phai, Siam ; November 1897. 



Sub-order luloidea. 



This sub-order includes the most typical millipedes, and also 

 the largest, some being nearly 10 inches (254 mm.) in length ; 

 it is cosmopolitan. The mandibles are normal, the pedal laminae 

 united to the terga, and there are from about 30 to over 70 

 segments. 



