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THE MILLEPEDES. 



THE left-hand figure in the next illustration is remarkable for the enormous number 

 of rings of which the creature is composed, and the consequent number of legs which 

 are needed to carry it over the ground. Although this species is only from four to five 

 inches, it has no less than three hundred and twenty-two legs. It is a native of the 

 Philippine Islands, whence so many wonderful forms are brought. 



The rather harsh generic name of this creature is composed of two Greek words, 

 the former signifying an angle, and the latter the top of the head, and is given to the 

 animal because the front edge of the head is formed into an acute angle. The general 

 color of the species is ashen gray, and the mandibles are black at their tips. 



The second figure introduces us to a new group of Myriapoda, where the creatures 

 have the power of rolling themselves up, more or less completely, like the hedgehog 

 and the pill-woodlouse. The species shown in the illustration is given of the natural 

 size. It is a native of Borneo, and was found by Mr. A. R. Wallace. The general 

 color of the creature is rusty brown, inclining to red ; the head is edged with blackish 

 brown, and the front segment is also edged with the same color. The surface is shin- 



Qoalbregmatus Cumlagll. 



Zephroaia Impressus. (New species.) 



ing and polished, and all the segments, except that at the end of the body, are marked 

 with deep longitudinal impressions. For this reason, I call the species " impressus." 

 Its length is nearly two inches. The specimen from which the drawing was taken is 

 in the collection of the British Museum. 



Before leaving these creatures, it may be as well to state that, during the earlier 

 stages of their existence, these animals are much less perfect than when they have 

 reached adult age ; they have not their full complement of segments or limbs, nor an 

 equal number of eyes. The metamorphosis, therefore, is complete, and serves to show 

 the relationship between the Myriapoda and the insects. 



Two new examples of this remarkable genus are next given, in 

 beautiful markings which exist in some species, and to exhibit the 

 present when rolled up for defence. 



The central figure represents the Actaeon Millepede, which is 

 natural dimensions. It is a native of Madagascar, and was noted 

 female traveller Madame Ida Pfeiffer. The surface of its body is 

 shining, and the general color is a livid yellow. A number of tiny 



order to show the 

 aspect which they 



here shown of its 

 by the celebrated 

 very polished and 

 puncturations are 



