738 INSECTS. APTERA. 1x9. Cancer. 
Inhabits Souii America, in mountainous woods near the ft*' /J 
lives chiefly on land, in holes and crevices which it dig* ^ 
itself ; and migrates annually in vaft numbers to the ft*> 
waffi ofi^ itsfpawn. After this it returns again to the 
*ains, and provides itftlf with burrows, in which it fccrew 
. ‘ ' “ftlf by day, going out only at night to feed. When * 5 ' 
' tempted to be taken, will feizs whatever is prefeoted to *, 
and throw off the claws, which continue to fqueeze 
great violence for fometime afterwards; thefe are rene'^'f 
with its coat the enfuing feafon. It is very fond of the 
of the Mancinella, and has on that account, been 
be fometimes poifonous. Varies it its colour, but is genet*'' 
of a blackilh-violet. r 
The younger ones have 3 rows of fpines on the 3 laft joici* '’j 
the legs, which in the older ones arc converted into tuft* * 
black hairs. 
•Pi/um. Thorax orbicular obtufe : tail as large as the body. 
Brit.ZooL iv. tab. 1. fig, I. Herhit. Cane, z, tab. Ztfig. *’• 
Found inMulTels: about the fwe of a pea. 
TaiNtty obtufe: legs unarmed fmooth ; hanas ohlonz. 
Qhlnfus. Thorax flightly crenatc ; tail with 2 tubercles at the baf''* 
arms rough. 
Inhabits the mores of Malabar ; fmall* 
Boily fubglobular: filiform. 
Craniilarit Thorax ovate glabrous, the fore-part projefling 
toothed ; hands 2-cdged and fmooth. 
Herbfi. Cane, Z. tab. z. fir. 17. Seba Mu/. 3./. I9./.4. 1 °' 
Inhabits the fliores of malabitr, where it is often found p® 
fied. 
Pmellanut Thorax ovate glabrous, obtufe on the fore-part : 
granulate. 
Inhabits Tranqutbar. Herbtt. Canc.f. 92, tab, 2. fig, 
Ztttilkt. 
Sagittatus, 
Thorax orbicular : hands incurved and cut at the bafe» 
Inhabits the Southern Ocean ; minute. 
Thorax rounded foft whitilh : eyes projefting obliquely 
at the tip : tail inflefted thin linear: hamlr projefling 
than the body, the arms triangular with a brown j|,j 
bafe : thight comprcllcd with a brown fpot each fide 
bife. 
Thorax ovate : 
fide. 
probofeis very long and ferrate 
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