LIPURA. 193 



September ; they were fifteen in number, spherical, 

 white, and -yso of an inch in diameter. 



This cannot be the Podura fimetaria of the ' Faun. 

 Suec.,' as of that species Linnasus says, " atomorum 

 vohtantium instar saltat." 



I kept some specimens of this species in confine- 

 ment from the commencement of September nntil the 

 June following, when unfortunately they were acci- 

 dentally allowed to become too dry, and thus perished. 

 They laid some eggs in September, which were hatched 

 in about a month. 



Lipura maritimaf Guerin. 



Achorutes maritimtis, Guerin. Iconog. du Regne Animal, Texte Explic. 



— — Lucas. His. Nat. Crus. Aracli. et Myr. 



— — Gervais. His. Ins. Apt., vol. iii. 

 Anoura maritima, Nicolet. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1847. 

 Anurida — Laboulbene, ,, „ 1864. 

 Lijpura — Lubbock. Trans. Linn. Soc, 1867. 



Plata[LVII. 



" Plumbea, velutine cgerulescens, albidopilosa ; stem- 

 matibus quinque; tarsis albicantibus." 



Length '12 of an inch. 



Eggs yellow. 



Eyes five in number, two in front and three 

 behind. Feet uniunguiculate. 



The specimen figured was brought me by Dr. 

 Allman from Kinsale, in Ireland. I have myself seen 

 specimens of, I believe, the same species at St. Andrew's. 

 It has been well described by M. Laboulbene in the 

 ' Ann. Soc. Ent. France,' but I cannot see any sufficient 

 reason for the establishment of the genus Anurida. v 



L. maritima has in front of the eyes a curious organ 

 (PL LXV, fig. 15), first observed by Laboulbene, and 

 called by him the " prostemmatic " or " anteocular ' 

 organ. He thus describes it '} — " Get organ est forme 



1 ' Ann. Soc. Ent. de France,' 1864, p. 711. 



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