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PLATE CLXII. 



FIG. I, II. 

 LEPISMA POLYPODA, 



APTERA. 



No Wings. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Legs fix, broad and fcaly at their origin. Palpi two, moveable. 

 Antenna filiform. Tails three. Body fcaly. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Grey, brown, black intermixed 5 a very high protuberance on the 

 back. Three tails. 



Lepisma PoLYPODA : faltatoria, Cauda triplici, abdominis feg- 

 mentis fubtus utrinque villofis. Fab. Spef, 

 Inf. I. 380. 2. 

 Lepifma polypoda fcutata, cauda triplici. Lin. Syji. Nat. 2. I0J2. 2, 

 Forttcina teres faltatrix. Geoff. Inf. 2. 614. 2. 

 Lfptfma fquamofa faltatoria, fetis caudse tribus intermedia majore* 



Strcem. A£l. Hafn. 9. 575. tab* 2. 



Fig. I. The natural fize. Fig, 2. Magnified, 



This is a very rare and curious fpecies ; it was found amongfi; 

 fome loofe ftones, in a damp fituation, July, 179$, 



p I. ATI: 



