ui: THE POTATO. 



to the large number of feet they possess they are popu- 

 larly called " Thousand Feet." The hurtful species are 

 Julus guttatus (Figs. 2 and 3), an inch long, slender, with 



MILLIPEDES. 



an ochreous-coloured body, spotted with crimson; Julus 

 terrestris, about an inch long, of^a pitchy or leaden hue, 

 and more or less cylindrical in shape (Fig. 4); and Poly- 

 desmus complanatus (Fig. 7), a short, ilal kind, with a 



lilac-tinted body. In company with these three pests will 

 often be se3n two similar creatures, the Centipede (Litho- 

 bius forcipatus), a short, active lit lie animal, with a 



