94 Mr. R. Templeton's Descriptions of 



which when detached exposed the surface, of a golden yellow 

 colour. Head subtriangular ; cephalic joints of the antentKE 

 blackish, with yellow apices ; last two joints livid, densely co- 

 vered with minute whitish hairs. A dense row of strong whit- 

 ish hairs directed forwards encircles the neck ; others are found 

 irregularly scattered over the thoracic and abdominal rings ; a 

 tuft at the apex ; beneath pale brownish. Legs yellow ; tarsi 

 pale translucent, of last pair purplish red. 



Length 0-14 inch. 



Extremely common. 



Fig. 4. The insect magnified. 4 a. Left antenna. 4 6. Configuration of the 



left eyes. 4c. Represents the mouth; x, the positions of the an- 



tennae; +, a cylindric ring, moveable, and inclosing the manducatory 

 organs ; °, the labium, transverse, striated longitudinally in the middle, 

 and with a minute hemispheric tubercle laterally, closely adpressed 

 against ° in the state of rest. 4°. The labrum fimbriated at its 



apex along the diameters of two convex semicircles placed on the basal 

 part of the lip o . There is no appearance of lateral pieces internally, or 

 anything resembling maxillae. These lips are moved to and fro with 

 considerable rapidity, but seem to have little prehensile power, as they 

 were unable to seize upon the minute hairs of the sable pencil which I 

 passed into the mouth. A singular apparatus is protruded from the 1st 

 abdominal ring beneath, which will be noticed under Podura stagnorum : 

 it is common to all the Poduree. 



Sp. 2. Podura nitida. 



Plate XI. Fig. 5. 



Body obovate, smooth, shining ; head globular, a little produced 

 anteriorly ; eyes reddish brown. Thoracic and abdominal rings 

 pale, with innumerable reddish brown streaks and spots, espe- 

 cially basally, and two or three strong hairs in the middle, a 

 collar of similar hairs encircling the neck, and minute ones over 

 the whole body. Antenna and legs pellucid. 



Length 0-09 inch. 



Common at Cranmore in the grove. 



Fig. 5. Insect magnified. 5 a. Antenna of left side. 



Sp. 3. Podura nigro-maculata (minuta, Fab..^). 



Plate XI. Fig. 6. 

 Body obovate, greenish or yellow, pale ; head small, subtriangular, 

 with a jet black fascia anteriorly including the eyes. Posterior 

 thoracic rings a little mottled at the sides ; abdomifial rings, 

 1st and 2nd with a triangular black macula laterally near the 

 apex ; 3rd scutiform, large, broad, on each side of the middle 



