MYRIAPODA. CHILOPODA, 



feet small, the last pair largest ; eyes eight, four on each side 

 of the head, arranged in a rhomboidal form. 



* Body with the segments nearly of equal size. 

 S. gigas, Leach. Segments transversely quadrate, with rounded 

 angles, ferruginous brown, luteous behind ; antennae, palpi, galeae 

 and legs testaceous ; legs with the first joint spinulose. Locality 

 unknown. Lin. Trans, xi. 383. 



** Segments transverse, alternately longer and shorter. 

 S. alternans, Leach. Hinder legs with the first joint rounded and 

 internally spinulose Lin. Trans, xi. 383. 



* Segments elongate, or subelongale, irregular. 

 S. morsitans, Lin. Body brown ; feet forty-two, the last two with 

 the first joint spinulose on the internal side. Inhabits India. 

 Lin. Trans, xi. 384. 



Gen. 4. CRYPTOPS, Leach. 



Antennae conico-setaceous, composed of seventeen globose sub- 

 conic joints ; under lip not denticulated ; anterior margin 

 scarcely emarginate ; twenty- two pairs of feet, the hinder ones 

 with the first joint toothless ; eyes obscure. 



C. hortensis, Leach. Testaceous-ferruginous ; back deeper in co- 

 lour ; antennae and legs hairy. Inhabits gardens in England 

 Sup. Encyc. Brit. i. pi. 22. 



Gen. 5. GEOPHILUS, Leach. 



Eyes obscure ; mandibles strong ; antennae cylindrical in some, 

 composed of fourteen subcylindric joints, a little narrower at 

 their base. 



* Antennce with short joints. 



G. carpopkagus, Leach. Head, antennae, and arms fulvescent ; body 

 violet, anteriorly yellowish ; legs pale yellowish. Inhabits De- 

 vonshire, in garden fruit. Lin. Trans, xi. 384. 



G. subterraneus, Leach. Body yellow; head subferruginous. Found 

 among earth, and very common in England. Lin. Trans, xi. 385. 



G. acuminatus, Leach. Body ferruginous, anteriorly gradually nar- 

 rower; 1 fore part of the head and legs paler. Inhabits moss and 

 under ground. Lin. Trans, xi. 386. 



** Antennas with elongate joints. 



G. longicornis, Leach. Body yellow ; head ferruginous ; antennae 

 long. Among earth and under stones. Sup. Encyc. Brit. i. pi. 22, 



