. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. On Myrio'poda from the Andes of Ecuador. 141 which it is here referred under the provisional name of N. vivipara^ in allusion to its remarkable mode of reproduction. The following are amongst the points upon which further information in regard to this interesting animal is desirable, and will, it is to be hoped, soon be forthcoming:—(1) The nature of the brood-pouch—whether this is a uterine dilata- tion of an oviduct or of the vagina, as in some viviparous Diptera, or whether
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. On Myrio'poda from the Andes of Ecuador. 141 which it is here referred under the provisional name of N. vivipara^ in allusion to its remarkable mode of reproduction. The following are amongst the points upon which further information in regard to this interesting animal is desirable, and will, it is to be hoped, soon be forthcoming:—(1) The nature of the brood-pouch—whether this is a uterine dilata- tion of an oviduct or of the vagina, as in some viviparous Diptera, or whether it is an invagination into the coelome of the soft roof of the genital sinus, as in the Orthopterous genus Panesthia ; (2) the habits of the larvge—whether these are aquatic, as in most other species of this order, or terrestrial, as in the single instance of the Enoicyloi; (3) the male; and (4) the form of the Notanatolica vivipara, 2 •—«> tlie wings of the left side, X 2*5, * the reti- nacular liooks ; 6, the maxillary palp of the right side, X 2-5. XVI.—A Short Account of a small Collection of Myriopoda ohtained hy Mr. Edward Whymper in the Andes of Ecuador. By R. I. PocoCK, of the British (Natural- History) Museum. So little is known of the Myriopod fauna of Ecuador that any collection of these animals from that country is deserving of especial notice. But Mr. Whymper has added largely to the interest of his collection by devoting particular attention to the species found at great altitudes. This has been so rarely done by collectors that it is not yet possible to formulate any general laws with regard to the vertical range of the species of this much neglected group of animals; but, so far as any conclusion can be drawn from the small amount of material Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. vi. 11 J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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