230 LEPISMINA. 



Lepismina. 



Body flattened ; more or less heart-shaped ; scaly. 

 AntennsB about as long as the body. Thorax much 

 larger than the head or abdomen ; caudal appendages 

 short. 



None of the species of this genus have as yet been 

 met with in Great Britain. 



Lepismina minuta. 



Lepismamimita, Miiller. Zool. Dan. Prod. 



Flava, Cauda biseta. 



Denmark. 



Miiller's Lepisma minuta has been placed by Bur- 

 meister, Gervais, and Nicolet, under the genus Lepis- 

 mina. I confess, however, that I see no sufficient 

 reason for this course, the description given by Miiller 

 being quite insufficient, even if correct. 



Lepismina aurea. 



Lepisma aurea, Dufour. Ann. Sci. Nat., 1 ser., vol. xxix. 



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



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



— — Burm. Hand. d. Ent. 



" Aureo-paleacea, sericea, subglabra ; thoracis seg- 

 mentis abdomine multo latioribus ; setis analibus ab- 

 domine duplo brevioribus, glabris. 



" Hab. gregatim sub lapidibus in Hispania. 



" Long. 3— 3i Lin. 



" Sa couleur est d'un jaune paille dore uniforme. 

 Les segmens du corselet sont remarquables par une 

 largeur bien plus grande que dans les autres especes. 

 Le dernier segment de I'abdomen est deux fois plus 

 long que le precedent, et tronque a son extremite. Les 

 soies de la queue sont glabres et du double plus courtes 



