SCORPIO. SCORPION. 
Generic Character. 
Corpus ovato-elongatum. 
Pedes octo; insupcr Chelee 
duae frontales. 
Oculi octo ; tres at latus 
utrumque thoracis ; duo 
in tergo. 
Cauda elongata, articulata, 
terminata mucrone arcu- 
ato. 
Pectines duo subtus, inter 
pectus et abdomen. 
Body ovate-elongated. 
Legs eight, besides two 
frontal claspers. 
Eyes eight: three on each 
side the thorax, and two 
on the back. 
elongated, jointed, and 
terminated by a curved 
piercer. 
Combs or toothed processes 
two, situated beneath, be- 
tween the thorax and ab- 
domen. 
malignant genus Scorpio, so proverbially 
remarkable for the effect of its poisonous sting, 
seems chiefly confined to the warmer parts of the 
globe, and may be considered as a stranger to 
the northern regions. The common Italian Scor- 
pion usually measures something more than an 
inch in length from the head to the setting on of 
the tail; but, if measured from the tips of the 
claspers to the tip of the tail, about three inches: 
its colour is brown, with considerable variation in 
