THE LUMINOUS CENTIPEDE. 



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The second species is found in the Island of Trinidad, and in color contrasts well 

 with the preceding. Its length is not quite so great, measuring less than five inches. 

 This creature is deep green, the lip and mandibles are reddish orange, and the feet 

 are orange and green. It derives its specific name of angulata from the sharp angle 

 on the sides of each segment. 



WE now take our leave of the true Scolopendrae and pass to other genera. 



Both the specimens represented in the next illustration are remarkable beings ; the 

 one for its noisy nature, and the other for its phosphorescent power. 



If the reader will examine a specimen of the centipede that is figured in the lower 

 part of the illustration, he will notice that the feet of the creature are modified into flat 

 plate-like appendages. As the centipede moves along it makes a clattering noise with 

 these plates, and derives from this curious habit both its scientific names. The Cory- 

 bantes were an ancient tribe to whom the education of Jupiter was intrusted when he 

 was sought by his father, who wanted to eat him, and who, in order to cover the sound 



Eucorybas crotalus. (Lower figure.) 



Arthronomalus longlcornls. (Upper figure.) 



of his cries, continually danced and played the castanets around the infant. The 

 specific name, crotalus, signifies a rattle, and is, therefore, appropriate to the creature. 

 This centipede is a native of Southern Africa, and is found about Natal. Its color 

 is rusty brown, and the species may be easily recognized by the peculiar structure just 

 described. 



THE smaller figure represents a centipede which is found in England, and in some 

 localities is very common. It is represented of its natural size, and, as may be seen, 

 is in no way conspicuous for its dimensions. It is, however, remarkable on another 

 account. It has the power of giving out a tolerably strong phosphorescent light, which 

 is only visible after dark, but is then very conspicuous, and has often caused the centi- 

 pede to be mistaken for a glow-worm. It is not unfrequently found within peaches, 

 apricots, plums, and similar fruits, when they are very ripe, and lies comfortably coiled 

 up in the little space between the stone and the fruit, where the sweetest juices lie. 



The color of this centipede is yellow; its head is deep rust color; its antennae are 

 very hairy and four times as long as the head segment. There are from fifty-one to 

 fifty-five pairs of legs. Its length varies from two and a half inches to three inches. 



