104 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MVRIAPOD.L 



as long as the three succeeding ones conjunctly and 

 glabrous, posterior one glabrous reddish brown, as 

 long as the two preceding ones, united and obtusely 

 rounded at tip ; head whitish before : antennce white ; 

 eyes transverse linear, black; vertex not distinctly 

 impressed. 



A rather common species in the southern states, 

 inhabiting with the preceding and in decaying wood. 



4. J. *lactarins. Body fuscous with a rufous dor- 

 sal line, numerous elevated lines, of which about fif- 

 teen are above the stigmata, ultimate segment un- 

 armed. 



My Cabinet. 



Body cylindrical, above fuscous, with a dorsal 

 rufous vitta and an obsolete one each side; beneath 

 yellowish white ; segments each with numerous, ele- 

 vated, longitudinal lines, of which about fourteen are 

 above the sigmata and about fourteen below, becom- 

 ing smaller to the origin of the feet, line of the stig- 

 mata geminate, anterior segment as long as the se- 

 cond and third conjunctly, and glabrous on the anteri- 

 or half, posterior segment not so long as the two pre- 

 ceding ones united, widely rounded at tip ; head 

 glabrous; antennce reddish-brown ; eyes triangular, 

 granulated, deep black. 



Not uncommon under stones &c. and when irritated 

 discharges a lacteous globule from the lateral portion 

 of each segment, diffusing a strong and disagreeable 

 odour. 



