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MODERN SYSTEM. 
The oilier species are described in the eleventh volume of the 
Transactions of the Linnean Society. 
Surfs 2. — Legs on each. side twenty-one. 
Genus 7. CRYPTOPS. Leach. 
Antenna conic-setaceous, composed of (seventeen) globose-subconic 
joints: under lip not denticulated; anterior margin scarcely emar- 
ginate : hinder legs with the first joint toothless : eyes obscure. 
Sp. 1. Cryp. hortensis. Testaceous-ferruginous: back deeper in co- 
lour : antenna; and legs hairy. . 
Scolopendra hortensis. Donovan’s Bril. Ins. Cryptops hortensis. Leach , 
Edin. Encycl. vii. 408, — Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. — Sapp, to Encycl. Brit. l- 
431. pi. 22. — Zool. Misc. iii. tab. 139. 
Inhabits gardens in and near Exeter. It has likewise been found near 
Plymouth in Devonshire. 
Earn. II. GEOPintiDJE. Leach. 
Body with each segment bearing two legs: hinder legs not distinctly 
longer than tire others : legs many, varying in number in the same 
species. 
Genus 8. GEOPIIILUS. Leacli. 
Eyes obscure: (lip divided by a fissure?) mandibles strong: antenna 
cylindric in some, towards the apex gradually somewhat narrower m 
others; composed of (fourteen) subcylindric joints a little narrowe 
at their base. 
* Antenna: with short joints. 
Sp. 1. Ccoph. carpophagus. Head, antennre, and arms fulvescent : bod.' 
violet, anteriorly yellowish: legs pale yellowish. Var. /3. Bodyob' 
scurely subviolet-tcstaeeous, anteriorly subtcstaceous. 
Geophilus carpophagus. Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 334,,—Supp. u ‘ 
Encycl. Brit. i. 431. — Zool. Misc. iii. p. 43. 
Inhabits Devonshire, in garden fruit : it is not uncommon. 
Sp. 2. Geoph. subterraneus. Body yellow: head subferruginous. 
Scolopendra subterranea. Share, Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 7. Geophilus so 
terraneus. Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 385. — Zool. Misc. iii. p. 44- 
Inhabits the earth. It is very common in England. 
Sp.S. Geoph. acuminatus. Body ferruginous, anteriorly gradually nilf 
rower; head anteriorly, and the legs paler. 
Geophilus acuminatus. Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 386. — nool. Misc- 
p. 45. 
Inhabits moss and beneath the ground. It is rare. 
