TULUS, 



Genus XIII I'ulus^ 



This tribe fo nearly refembles the former, that in the 

 Fauna Swecica they are both included under one genus. 

 The feet of the tuli are ftill more numerous than thofe of 

 the fcolopendra, being, on each fide, twice as many as the 

 fegments of the body. The antennae are moniliform, the 

 J)alpi articulated, and the body of a femicylindrical form. 



Tulus fabulofus *. This fpecies has no lefs than two 

 hundred and forty feet, although its length is not more 

 than an inch. It is of an alh-colour, and fmooth ; the 

 body compofed of fixty fegments, each giving off two 

 pair of fmali white feet. The antennae of this infeft are 

 fhort, and ccnfift of five rings. When the animal is 

 touched, it wraps itfelf up into a round ball, the feet all 

 turned inward. 



Millepeda orientalis f . This is the largeft of all the 

 tuli, being as long and as thick as a man's finger : The 

 head is fmall, and obiufe, the antennte clavated, and the 

 eyes black ; the body is of a pale colour, and divided 

 in forty-three fegrtients, eacli having a pair oF feet on 

 every fide, the whole amounting to an hundred and fe- 

 Venty-two %. 



• Rai Inf. p. 47. t Seba, I. p. 131. 



4 Regne Anim. p. 253. fp. 3- 



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