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INSECTS. APTERA: ii8. Scorpio, 
Inhabits China ; fizeofA. Tarantula. 
thorax of the £}'^/with a double black ipot* 
White ; abdomen with 5 imprefled dots, 2-horned and dc- 
preffed at thebafe and globular at the tip. 
Lefech. It. 1 . /■ 245. tab. zo. fig. i. 
Inhabits Siberia, under the bark of trees, 
1 18. SCORPIO. Legs 8, befides 2 chelae 
or hands feated on the fore-part of the 
head : eyes 8, 3 placed on each fide of 
the thorax and 2 on the back; feelers 
2, projecting chelifonn : lip bifid ; an- 
tennae 0: tail long jointed and termina- 
ted by a lliarp crooked fling : on the un- 
derfid e, between the breaft and abdo- 
men are 2 inflruments refembling a 
comb. Scorpion. 
Thefe are all armed with a (lightly pungent (ling : but none of 
them are dangerous, except in very hot climates : they prey 
upon worms, fpiders, flies &c. and even on one another ; lar- 
nja zTx&pupa 8-footed nimble and refembling the perfedl infefl. 
““ralufi. Combs with 6 teeth : hands fmooth. 
Inhabits the Pacific Ifiands ; fmall. • i u 
Body deprefled* above browiia the laH joint of the tail paler i be- 
neath and legs paler, ^ 
^’■pathicus Combs with 6 teeth : hands (lightly heart-lhapcd and gla- 
brous. 
Inhabits the Carpathin and Helvetic Mountains. 
Probably a variety of the laft. Bern. Magaa. i.n.J,’ 
At T 
Combs with 8 teeth.- hands (lightly heart-diaped and punc- 
tured. 
Inhabits Africa. Degeer.Inf. ’j.tab. xo.fi.g. l. 
Combs with 13 teeth : hands (lightly hcart-lhaped and 
hairy. 
Snsiammerd Bibl. Nat. tab. fig. y Barbu!, tab. 19. Gen. ix. 
Seba Muf. l.tab. 70. fit^. 4. )?«/. Inf. 3 lab. 65. 
Inhabits India znA Perfia, and is very venemous, 
• Body, 
