ABSTRACT This species is common in Amboina, very abundant in Ceram, and probably also in all the Moluccas, and perhaps other islands of Netherlands India. It lives chiefly, and in great numbers, in the black mould between the bark and the wood of rotten logs, in the rotten wood itself, under dead leaves, and under stones and pieces of wood lying on the ground. It is found only in damp situations, and seems to prefer the low-lying land to the hills, though it is common there also.