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GREAT JULUS, 



Generic Character. 



Feet numerous : twice as many on each fide as 



the fegments of the body. 

 Antenna: moniliform. 

 Palpi (or feelers) two, jointed. 

 Body femicylindric. 



Specific Character. 

 JULUS with about 134 feet on each fide. 



Thefe infects are very nearly allied to the Scolopen- 

 drse or centipedes, but their body, inftead of being 

 flattened, as in thofe creatures, is nearly cylindrical j 

 and every joint of the body is furnifhed on each fide 

 with two pair of feet ; fo that the number of feet on 

 each fide is double the number of joints, whereas in 

 the Scolopendra they are equal. 



lliefe animals, when difturbed, roll themfelves up 

 in a flat fpiral. Their mouth is armed with a very 

 ftrong pair of jaws, with which they are capable of in- 

 flicting a fevere bite : they are not however of a poifon- 

 ous nature. The fpecies here figured is the largeft of 

 the genus. It is found in America, where it inhabits 



U woods 



