INSECTS. APTERA. 109. Lepifma. 
ORDER. Vil. APTERA. 
Win^s none in either fex. 
109 , LEPISAiA. Lip membranaceous roiw^^' 
ed emarginate; fee/ers 4, 3 fetaccon* 
and 2 capitate : antennae fetaceous : 
^imbricate with fcales; tail endino- 
fetaceous briftles ; legs 6, formed 
runnino;. 
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Thefe in their various ftages of exiitence prey upon fugar, tl'' 
*Sacchari. Scaly, filvery lead-colour with a triple tail 
BarbM^, Inf. t„h. l8.£.». i. Su!x. I»f. tab. 2V fir 
inhabits America, among fugar, and is now natural ifed in Eurof' 
andfound among old books and furniture; it runs cxccedinr 
ly fwift and is difficult to catch. 
oblong tapering: antenme as long as the body : vvitl> 
3 diltant briftles, and 2 pair of lefler ones beneath. 
*Pohfoda. Skipping : tail triple : fegments of the abdomen villoU® 
each lide beneath. 
Inhabits Europe. Dom^iait. Eng, In/, v. tab. i6z, , 
t'lkl fea-fliores, among ftones and rabbi/h, a"'’ 
takes prodigious leaps by means of thefpiings under its tail- 
or paie; antennae as long as the body: eaclif'S' 
Sn benVaih ® lide at the 
2. Tail ending in 5 briftles. 
Lineata. 
Villofa, 
Tail triple : body brown with 2 white fillets. 
■uihablts Helvetia, in old wall*. 
arrT a^the body ; thorax covered with fcales whie' 
l’si'‘nd : body above brown vvith cinereo^ 
ipecks. /«/ villous, the middle fpine longer, with a few *0^ 
er ones under it; kgs fliort, thighs comprellbd.. 
^77” a triple villous tail, 
inhabits China : ihorter and thicker than L. faccharina. 
