CLASSIFICATION 



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Family 1. Lithohiidae. 

 Body short and depressed. Eyes many or few ; or a single ocellus on 

 each side. Antennae many joints bat shorter than body. Number of 



Fig. 25. Lithohius erythrocephalus. (From C. L. Koch, Die Myriapoden.) 



spiracles fewer than pairs of feet. Strong anal legs. Number of somites 15. 



Family 2. Scolopendridae. 



Body elongate. Ocelli on each side 4, 2, or none. Antennae 17 to 23 

 joints, much shorter than body. Spiracles fewer than jjairs of feet. Anal 

 legs long and strong, number of legs 21 or 23. (Fig. 15, p. 31.) 



Family 3. Notophilidae. 



Body very long. Somites 100 to 170. No eyes. Maxillary palps very 





Fig. 26. Notopldlus taeniatus. (From C. L. Koch, Die Myriapoden.) 



thick. Compact or very short limbs. Terminal point of last limb without 

 claw. 



