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bare shoulders and neck without recieving any harm, and I have 

 myself had them crawling over my hands as an experiment but 

 without being able to see, or feel, the smallest wound. Nothing 

 seems to be known about their breeding habits. In Penang I 

 have seen a dead centipede hung from the front axle-tree of a 

 gharry ; why this is done I have no idea ; perhaps other mem- 

 bers of the Society have noticed this ? 



6. Scolopendra Morsitans (Linn.) The Biting Centipede. 



I caught specimens of this species at Gunang Pulai in Johore, 

 and at Kabin in Siam, received one from near Raheng, Siam. 

 The Kabin specimen was purplish-green in colour, and measured 

 in length (without hind legs) 71 mm. (with hind legs) 82^ mm. 

 Dr. Max Weber obtained this species in Celebes, Saleyer and 

 Flores. It is also found in central Africa and other tropical 

 countries. 



7. Otostigmus scaler, Porat. The Rough Centipede. 



" Takhap-fai " (fine-centipede) of the Siamese. 



Localities. I found this species numerous in Bangkok 

 under flower pots in the garden of the Wang Na, and also 

 got specimens on Gunong Pulai, Johore. 



Colour (Bangkok specimens). Above reddish -brown, redder 

 on the margins, browner in the vertebral line ; the anterior 

 portion of the head sometimes black ; lower surface of body pale 

 reddish-yellow ; eyes black ; antennae light-red or else basal 

 portion reddish-brown, turning darker distally till the tips are 

 almost black ; legs, basal segment and greater portion of next 

 segment buff, remainder rich dark blue, or in some specimens the 

 legs are grey, basally bright blue, distally buff, the hindmost 

 pair of legs are blue banded with pale buff or white at the 

 joints. 



Size (Bangkok specimens). The largest I noted measured 

 48 mm. in length, without including the hind-legs. 



Another was : — 



length, without antennas or hind legs, 



311 m] 



,, antennas 



9 „ 



„ hindlegs 



12* „ 



