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inferior extremity in an obtusely conical point. The animal is very 
rigid and stiff throughout its whole length. Length 10% inches, 
breadth about 3 a line. 
Hab. ? Coll. Brit. Mus. 
Genus GorpIwvs. 
A. Body smooth. 
1. GoRDIUS PLATYURA. 
Gordius platyura, Baird, Cat. Entoz. Brit. Mus. 36. t. 1.f. 4. 
Body of a uniform dull white colour, quite smooth, with a depressed 
line on one side throughout its whole length, obscurely ringed at un- 
equal distances, narrower at anterior extremity and terminating in 
a broad flattish tail, which is slightly bifid. Length of animal 32 
inches, breadth of middle portion of body about } a line; tail 1 line 
broad. 
Hab. Jamaica? From the Collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Brit. 
Mus. ° 
B. Epidermis granulated. 
2. GORDIUS VERRUCOSUS. 
Gordius verrucosus, Baird, Cat. Entoz. Brit. Mus. 36. t. 1. f. 5. 
Body black, covered all over with innumerable small, raised warty 
papillee, round and very stiff like a piece of wire. An impressed line 
runs on each side through the whole length. Head small. Anterior 
extremity narrower than posterior, Length 6 inches, breadth about 
+ a line. 
Hab. 8. Africa? (Male). From the Collection of Dr. A. Smith. 
Brit. Mus. 
3. Gorpius viotacEus. (Annulosa, Pl. XXX. fig. 3.) 
Gordius violaceus, Baird, Cat. Entoz. Brit. Mus. 36. 
Body of a dark brown colour; apparently srnooth, but under a 
high magnifying power completely covered with small flattish-look- 
ing papillze, and ringed transversely with very slightly raised circular 
lines, about one-half or one-third of a millimetre apart from each 
other ; tapering slightly at upper extremity, and gradually becoming 
thicker at inferior. Along the whole length of the body, on each 
side, runs a pretty deep sulcus or groove, interrupting the circular 
Ines. Length 11 inches 3 lines, breadth about 3 a line. 
epg Abdomen of Carabus violaceus from Berwickshire. Brit. 
Vis. 
4. Gorvivs pustuLosus. (Annulosa, Pl. XXX. fig. 4.) 
Gordius pustulosus, Baird, Cat. Entoz. Brit. Mus. 37. 
Body of a light brown colour, not ringed across, completely covered 
with minute flattish-looking papille, and numerous larger raised dots 
or small warty protuberances intermixed, tapering considerably at 
superior extremity, and becoming gradually thicker towards the 
tail, which is obtuse and marked across with a deep indentation. 
