PLANTS A.\J> A \IMAL8 IN WINTER. 



and one, our largest and most common species, a 

 brownish red fellow about three inches long and 

 without eyes, can even draw blood if 

 its jaws happen to strike a tender 

 place. When handled, it always tries 

 to bite, perhaps out of revenge for the 

 abominably long Latin name given 

 it by its describe!*. In fact the name 

 is longer than the animal itself Sco- 

 lo-po-cryp-tops sex-spi-no-sus (Say) be- 

 ing its cognomen 



\ Cii^r^/ in full. With such 



X/lP a handle attached 



blame it for at- 

 tempting to bite? Fig. 92-Centipede. 

 Yet, to the scientist up on his 

 Latin, each part of the above 

 name bears a definite and tangi- 

 ble meaning. All the myriapods 

 found in the woods and fields 

 feed upon decaying vegetation, 

 such as leaves, stems of weeds, 

 and rotten wood, and in winter 

 three or four species can usually 

 be found within or beneath every 

 decaying log or stump. One spe- 

 cies, with very long legs, Scutigcm forceps (Raf.), is 

 often found in damp houses or in cellars. It is some- 

 times . called -the " wall-sweeper," on account of its 

 rapid ungainly gait,- and is even reputed to prey upon 

 cockroaches and other household pests. 



Fig. 93 Wall-sweeper. 



(.Two-thirds natural si/e: 

 iilsn \tf'H<\ much enlarged. 

 After Lintner.) 



