2Q JULID^. 



CASE found in numbers eating the roots of various plants. Anemones, 

 pansies, and onions are mentioned as having been injured. The 

 treatment indicated is the same as that for the Juli. 



Nos. PoLYDESMUS COMPLANATUS {Linn).—Z2. Specimens (5) ; 33. Enlarged figure. 



In its earlier stage it is 

 from a quarter to half an 



Polydesmus complanatus (young and full grown, iucll long, aud when matUrC 



natural size). 



reaches nearly an inch in 

 length. It is of a pale whitish lilac colour. It has a worse 

 character among horticulturists than even the Juli. 



Nos. Polydesmus dorsalis, {Murr. n. s.) (aff. Thomsoni) (Zz^r.).— 34. Specimens 



34, 35 



(i) ; 35. Enlarged figure. 



Polydesmus dorsalis (natural size). 



A large tropical species two inches in length — not unlike the 

 West African species P. Thomsoni ; of similar dimensions, but the 

 segments are almost free from granulations, and a whitish stripe 

 runs up the middle of the back the whole length of the body. 



Family SUGENTIA. 



Parts about the mouth consolidated into a tubule fitted for sucking up liquid 

 food. 



Most authors have regarded this modification of the parts of 

 the mouth as of so much importance that they have treated the 

 species possessing it as a distinct order or family equal in value 

 to the Chilognatha, or Chilopoda. The importance of such a 

 modification is not the same in all orders, and the lower we s:o 



