Zephrdnia vertioolor. (Rolled up.) 



Zephrdnia Actceon. 



Zephronia versicolor. (Extended.) 



scattered rather sparely at the back of the head and between the eyes, but in the front 

 they are more numerous, and along the sides they are nearly as thick as the little 

 depressions on the end of a thimble. The species may also be known by the shape of 

 the eighth to the eleventh segments included, which are curiously pointed, looking as if 

 they had been snipped off diagonally with scissors. 



The two figures at either side of the illustration represent the same species in two 

 postures. The body is very smooth and beautifully coloured, being of a yellowish ground 

 tint, boldly variegated with stripes and spots of deep black, so as to render it extremely 

 conspicuous. The front of the head, the eyes, legs, and antennae are pale green in the 

 preserved specimens, and are thought to be darker during life. The head is marked with 

 distinct points. This beautiful species is further remarkable from the fact that no two 

 specimens ever seem to be coloured exactly alike. On the upper ridge of the face there 

 are from eight to ten little short spines. This species is a native of Ceylon. 



These creatures are all natives of the hotter parts of the earth, but we have an allied 

 example in almost every garden, and certainly in every field throughout the greater part 

 of England. This is the PILL-MILLEPEDE (Glomeris margindta). It is found among moss 

 and under stones, and, as it rolls itself up in a manner very similar to that which is 

 employed by the armadillo-woodlouse, is often mistaken for that being. It may, how- 

 ever, be readily distinguished from that crustacean by the simple fact that the legs have 

 their origin on a single line traversing the middle of the under surface, and that when 

 the creature is walking, their extremities do not project beyond the edges of the shelly 

 covering. 



Like the armadillo-woodlouse, the Pill-millepede was formerly used in medicine, 

 probably because it looks somewhat like a pill, and may be found among the old stock of 

 druggists' shops, mixed with the veritable armadillo. Both these beings feed on the same 

 substances, namely, decaying animal and vegetable matter. It seems to be rather a 

 gregarious creature, as it is generally found in tolerable numbers in some favoured 

 locality. 



