4o8 THYSANURA. 



f ASE a queer appearance of anger ; gets in front and stands facing her 

 again; then she turns coyly round, but he quicker and more active^ 

 scuttles round too, and seems to whip her with his antennae. 

 Then for a bit they stand face to face, play with their antennae, 

 and seem to be all in all to one another." 



S. NIGER {Luhb.). 



An ugly little species, bluish black ; feet, terminal segment of 

 spring, and a spot at inner corner of eye-patch, pale. Said by 

 Lubbock to be not common. 



No. 2. Papirius ornatus {Nicolet). — 2. Magnified sketch of ditto. 



Found in the latter part of November, December, and January, 

 among leaves and under logs of wood, with Smynthurus fuscus 

 and Papirius fuscus. It is of livelier colours than either of these 

 (black, green, and various shades of brown), and of more active 

 habits, running freely and jumping more lightly and gracefully. 



No. 3. Papirius fuscus {Luc.\—'^. Magnified sketch of ditto. 



Papirius fuscus. 00.5 of an inch in leng^th. 



Brown. Common. 



Family DEGEERIAD^. 



Nos. Orchesella ciNCTA {Linn.). — 4. Specimens of ditto ; 5. Enlarged sketch 

 of ditto ; 6. Enlarged sketch of another variety of ditto. 



A very common, pretty, and variable species found under fallen 



