Scolopendra A P T E R A. 2 Si 



Genus XIII. Scolopendra. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 1062. 



The feet, in this genus, are as many 

 in number, on each fide, as the fegments 

 of the body. 



The antennas are fetaceous. 



The palpi two in number, and jointed, 

 or formed of various articulations. 



The body is depreffed, or flat. 



Geoffroy and Schasffer afTerr, that the anten- 

 nas of the Scolopendra are filiform, and compofed 

 of many Qiort articulations •, the feet, accord- 

 ing to the fame author, are never fewer than 

 twenty-four. 



The body of the Scolopendra is flat, and 

 compofed of a great many rings, or fegments, 

 which augment, as the infect advances in age, 

 till it is fully grown, for which reafon the fpe- 

 cies can rarely be determined with any cer- 

 tainty : it changes its fkin in the fame manner 

 as the two preceding genera : fome fpecies are 

 frequent in gardens, and all humid places, 



under ftones, &c. 



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