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CLASS 2. MYRIAPODA. 



ALL the Myriapoda have the head distinct 

 from the body, and are furnished with two 

 antenna , mandibles, two ; maxillae four, con- 

 fluent and forming a lower lip. All or most of 

 the segments of the body are furnished with 

 two or four legs. This Class is divided into two 

 Orders. 



Order 1. CHILOGXATHA. Antenna? seven 

 jointed; legs short; body generally crusta- 

 ceous. [PL I, tig. 3.] 



This order contains the genera Glomeris, 

 lulus, fye. ; they inhabit beneath stones, moss, 

 the bark of trees, and sandy situations: from 

 their very fragile nature they arc best preserved 

 in spirits. 



Order 2. SVNGNATHA. Antenna? composed 

 of fourteen or more joints : legs elongated ; body 

 depressed, coriaceous or membranaceous. [PL 1, 

 fig. 4.] 



To this order belongs the Scolopendra, or 

 centipede; they inhabit moist places, beneath 

 stones, moss, the bark of decayed trees, out- 

 houses, decayed vegetable substances, and ripe 

 fruits. In tropical countries they are extremely 

 numerous ; some are large, being a foot in 

 length ; many are carnivorous, and should there - 

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