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of trees, and such like 
European species. 
places. It is apparently the same as the 
Cryptops, Leach. 
C. hortensis, Leach.— A very thin Millepede, about two inches 
or more in length, and red in colour • very abundant in gardens on 
the high land, where it is found in the earth, under stones, under 
the bark of decaying tree-stumps, and similar damp localities. 
Craspedosoma, Leach. 
C. sp. ? A thick-built Millepede, about an inch or somewhat less 
in length, and very abundant. It is easily recognised by its peculiar and 
disagreeable odour, and its habit of coiling itself into a small circular 
roll. It is of a dark reddish-brown colour, and almost white under- 
neath. The legs are very small and numerous. It is pretty general 
in the Island, and one of the most abundant insects on the high 
land, where in moist localities it swarms, especially under old boxes 
and decaying woodwork. In some of the houses situated in damp 
places, like The Hermitage, this creature comes into the rooms at 
night, and crawls about the floors in considerable numbers, causing 
a very unpleasant sensation when crushed under foot. Mr Walker 
says of this species, that it “differs from C. rawlinsii, and from C 
polydesmoides, of the Mauritius.” 
Greophilus, Leach. 
G. longicornis. A very long, thin Millepede, about two inches 
or more in length, and of a pale colour, almost white. It is some- 
what abundant, and is found on the high land in similar places as 
Cryptops hortensis. 
Fain. Julidce. 
Julus, Linn. 
J. pulchellus, Leach. — The Wire Worm, well known as one of 
the most destructive insects in the Island to all root-crops. It is 
very abundant. 
( Two species, larger and thicker than the common Wire 
J. sp. ? Worm, and found in all gardens on the high land. Mr. 
J. sp. ? Walker says in reference to them — “Perhaps not 
European, though very like some of that Continent.” 
