54 Proceedings of tlie Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
VI. Myriapods collected in Mesopotamia and N.W. Persia by 
W. Edgar Evans, B.Sc., late Capt. R.A.M.C. By Henry W. 
Brolemann, Pau (France). Communicated by Wm. Evans, F.F.A. 
(MS. received December 8, 1921. Read March 6, 1922.) 
The Myriapods recorded in this paper were collected in Mesopotamia— 
mostly at and around Amara on the Tigris — and in the neighbouring 
uplands of N.W. Persia, by W. E. Evans, B.Sc., Edinburgh, late Captain 
R.A.M.C. 
They are referable to seventeen forms ; of these eight are new and three 
could not be identified owing to want of appropriate material. Amongst the 
novelties two specimens deserve special mention as belonging to an lulid 
group, the known representatives of which are very few. The new genus 
Calyptophyllum has been erected for these. 
This is a most gratifying contribution to our knowledge of the fauna of 
the regions visited, and the interest the study of the material afforded calls 
for a grateful acknowledgment from the describer. 
Pau, November 25, 1921. 
Chilopoda. 
Botkriogaster signata georgica, Chalande Ribaut, 1909. 
^ : length about 89 rnm. ; breadth of 10th segment 1 *70 mm., of 68th 
segment 3 mm., of penultimate segment 1*90 mm. — 109 pairs of legs. 
Sternal dimples on segments 38 to 49 ; thus there are 23 more sternites 
lacking dimples behind the 49th segment than in front of the 38th — 
a figure which agrees with that given by the authors. The dimples are 
closed in front, circular, the second being one-fifth longer than broad, while 
the following are as long as broad. 
A single female from : Above Amara on Tigris, under clod, 
— iii. 1918.” 
Polyporog aster sinuatus, Silvestri, 1919. 
: length about 78 mm. ; breadth of 3rd segment 1*50 mm., in the 
middle of the body 2 mm. — 89 pairs of legs. 
This specimen has met with some accident, probably during its growth, 
