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common, for which he has proposed the name of P. peduncu- 
latus. 
The generic characters are :—“ Body composed of ten seg- 
ments, including the heads convex with scattered hairs. Nine 
pairs of legs. Antenne five-jointed, bifid at the extremity; and 
haying three, long, jointed appendages.” 
Pauropus Husleyi, n. sp. 
The body consists of ten segments, the first two of which com- 
prise the head. In form it is slightly tapering in front, each 
segment being somewhat narrower as well as shorter than that 
which follows it. The two caudal segments somewhat smaller 
than the penultimate. The third segment and that immediatel 
following the head bears one pair of feet, while the fourth, fifth, 
sixth, and seventh segments have each two pairs. But these 
segments may be regarded as double. The posterior legs are the 
longest. Each segment from the third to the seventh inclusive 
has on the side margins of the back a pair of strong bristles. The 
pair attached to the third segment point forwards, those of the 
fourth are at right angles to the body, and the posterior ones 
point backwards. Besides these long bristles, the body bears on 
each of the larger segments two transverse rows of short stiff 
club-shaped hairs, which are most numerous on the head. The 
body is quite white and colourless, except the head and last two 
segments, which have a slight tinge of yellow. 
Length 3th of an inch. 
Hab.— Among dead leaves and other decaying vegetable matter, 
in hot-beds. 
Sir John Lubbock stated that this little active creature was 
found by him during the course of the last autumn, and exhibited 
to the Entomological Society at their first meeting. It occurs 
in considerable numbers among dead leaves and in other accumu- 
lations of decaying organic substances. Though not exactly 
sociable in its habits, nevertheless the species exhibits none of 
that extreme ferocity which characterises the Chilopoda ; it 
seems to be very abundant in his garden at High Elms, and it is, 
therefore, the more surprising that it should have been so long 
overlooked. This, however, he suggests, may arise from its mi- 
nute size, small number of legs and general appearance, which 
would naturally at first sight cause the creature to be regarded 
as a larval or immature form. That it is not such, however, has 
been satisfactorily determined for reasons which were fully 
stated. 
Amongst the most remarkable characters of Pawropus are— 
‘1. The Antenne, which are only five-jointed and bifid at the extremity. 
The four basal segments are simple and short, but increasing slightly in 
length from the base. The fourth segment bears at its extremity two 
branches, each consisting of a single segment. One is slightly longer than 
the fourth segment, and rather thinner. The other is nearly twice as 
long and half as broad. The first bears two very curious appendages con- 
sisting of an immense number of rings, the first and last of which are larger 
