SECOND REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Its habits appear to be quite varied, for beside living upon the sur- 

 face of water after the manner of Aimrida inaritima (Linn.), Podura 

 aqiiatica Linn., and others — according to Murray, it is 

 found upon damp earth, in Europe, throughout the year, 

 often engaged in browsing upon carrots, potatoes, or other 

 roots. 



Fig. 66, copied from an article upon some English 

 Thysanura in Science Gossip for 1873, is of Amirida 

 7>iayitii)ia — a small, dark blue velvety Podura, inhabit- 

 ing the wet sea-weed, the loose shales between tides, 

 and the rock-pools of the English, Irish and French 

 coasts; also upon the eastern sea-coast of the United 

 Fig. rt6.-ANURiDA States, at Salem, Mass., at Nantucket, and on the New 



MARITIMA, enlarged i j j 7 



25 diameters. Jersey coast, floating on seaweed, or hidden under stones 



between tide marks (Packard). The figure gives a ventral view of the 

 insect, and shows the absence of the abdominal spring — a distinguish- 

 ing feature which separates the genera of Amirida, Lipura, and Anura 

 from the other Foduridce. 



