116 MODERN SYSTEM. 



The other species are described in the eleventh volume of the 

 Transactions of' the Linnean Society. 



Stirps 2. — Legs on each side twenty-one. 



Genus 7. CRYPTOPS. Leach. 



Antenna conic-setaceous, composed of (seventeen) globose-subconic 

 joints: imder Up not denticulated; anterior margin scarcely emar- 

 ginate: hinder legs with the first joint toothless : eyes obscure. 



Sp. 1. Cn/p. hortensis. Testaceous-ferruginous: back deeper in co- 

 lour: antenna; and legs hairy. 



Scolopendra hortensis. Donovan's Brit. Ins. Cryptops hortensis. Leach, 

 Edin. Encycl. vii. 408. — Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. — Supp. to Encycl. Brit.i. 

 431. pi. 22.—Z00I. Misc. iii. tab. 139. 



Inhabits gardens in and near Exeter. It has likewise been found near 

 Plyxnouth in Devonshire. 



Fam. II. GEOPHiLiD.i:. Leach. 

 Body with each segment bearing two legs : hi7ider legs not distinctly 

 longer than the otliers : legs many, varying in number in the same 

 species. 



Genus 8. GEOPIIILUS. Leach. 

 Eyes obscure: {lip divided by a fissure?) mandibles strong: antenna 

 cylindric in some, towards the apex gradually somewhat narrower in 

 others ; composed of (fourteen) subcylindric joints a little narrower 

 at their base. 



* Antenna with short joints. 



Sp. 1. Gcoph. carpophagus. Head, antennae, and arms fulvescent ; body 

 violet, anteriorly yellowish : legs pale yellowish. Var. /3. Body ob- 

 scurely subviolet-testaeeous, anteriorly subtestaceous. 



Gcophikis carpophagus. Leach, Trans. Linn, Soc. xi. 384. — Supp. to 

 Encycl. Brit. i. 431. — Zool. Misc. iii. p. 43. 



Inhabits Devonshire, in garden fruit : it is not uncommon. 



Sp. 2. Geoph. subterraneus. Body yellow: head subferruginous. 



Scolopendra subterranea. Shaw, Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 7. Geophilus sub- 

 terraneus. Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 385. — Zool. Misc. iii. p. 44. 



Inhabits the earth. It is very common in England. 



Sp.3. Geoph. acianinatm. Body ferruginous, anteriorly gradually nar» 

 rower ; head anteriorly, and the legs paler. 



Gcophilus acuminatus. Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 386. — Zool. Misc. iii. 

 p. 45. 



Lnhabits moss and beneath the ground. It is rare. 



