77 ^ INSECTS. APTERA. 122. Scolopendra. 
Body blackifli with cinereous fpecks; tail narrower than th' 
body with 4 diftincl ftylcs, the lateral ones a little larger af** 
pale. 
•ArauvSlh Body grey-brown : tail obtiife entire. 
Found under Hones. Safe. Htli. Inf. tab. '^o, Hg. 13. 
Body of 10 fegments, the edges of which are white. 
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122. SCOLOPENDRA. Antennae fetacC' 
ous: feelers 'i, filiform, united bettvet'P 
. . the jaws: /z^ toothed and cleft: body 
long, depreiled, confifting of nunieron® 
tranlverle fegments; legs numerous, 
many each fide as there are fegments o* 
the body. 
Thcfe infedls live in decayed wood or under Hones, and feme 
them in frefh and fait water-: they prey on other infedls. 
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* Lagwr a. Legs 12 each fide: body oval; tail with a white pencil 
hairs. 
Degeer. Inf, 7. tab, ^€),fg, 1,2, 3. Geoyr, Inf, 2. t. •2.z,f. 4. 
Inhabits Europe, under the bark of old trees. 
Body brown : head black : tides with 9 tufts of hairs. 
Coleoptrata Pegs long, t4 each fide : body fcutellate. 
Inhabits Ftrro/e. Pall, Spied, '/,ool. C). tab, 4.^^. i6i 
Antenna yellow, as long as the body ; thighs prickly, /hank* ^ 
rough. 
*TcrJlcata. Legs 15 each fide; body rcddifii-brown. 
Donovan, vi. tab, 198, Sul%, Inf. tab. 2 i,,fg. 155. 
Inhabits Europe and America, under Hones and flower-pots. 
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Gigantea. Legs 17 each fide: tail with 2 hooked fiyles. 
Inhabits America, Bro-tsin, Jamaic, tab, t^z.Jig, 4, 
MorUtam, Legs 20 each fide; eyes 8. 
Degeer' Inf, 7. tab, 43 I. Catefby Carol, 3. tab, 2. 
SebaMuf, 3, tab, %\,fig. 3, 4, 2. t. 25. /I 3, 4. 
Inhabits India, It’s bite is faid to be fomething venemoui. | 
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