The Hiflory of A N#I M A L S 9 
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Podura cinerea nigro variegata. SD fyt ^LUZtUtlt 
*Ihe grey and black Podura . 
This is fomewhat larger than a flea : it’s body is of an elliptic form * it’s head fmall, 
it’s eyes little, but very bright, and it’s legs very llender, and the antenna are long : it’s 
colour is grey, but it is variegated with lines and fpots of black* 
It is frequent on the currant bufh. 
Podura nigra pedibus albis . 
The black Podura , with white legs. 
This is a very fmall fpecies: it’s body is roundifh, and of a deep black : it’s head 
fmall, and it’s eyes fcarce difcernible : the legs are fhort, flender, and white, and the 
fork of the tail is alfo white. 
It is common in our woods about old beeches, De Geer calls it, Podura arborea 
nigra pedibus furcaque albis, 
Podura nigrefeens antennis brevibus. 50) £ 
7 'he black Podura, with port antenna. 
This is of the fize of a fmall flea, and refembles it in colour, being black and 
glofiy, but with fomewhat of a tinge of purplifh: it’s body is roundifh; it's head 
is fmafl ; it’s eyes very little 3 it’s legs are longer than in molt of the other fpecies, and 
it’s antennae fhort. 
It is common in ponds, and other {landing waters; the furfaces of which are fome- 
times, in calm days in autumn, almofl covered with the multitudes of it, De Geer 
calls it, Podura aquatica nigra. 
The other fpecies of the Podura are very numerous5 they are, 1. The Podura with 
antennae, con'fifting of many numerous joints. 2. The flbort-horned Podura. 3. The 
round-bodied, bright Podura. 4. The long-bodied, larger Podura. 5. The cottony, 
or downy Podura. 6. The long-legged Podura. 7. The lead-coloured Podura. 8. 
The fmall, black-legged Podura, 9. The very fmall, white Podura. 10. The fhort- 
bodied, blue-green Podura. 11. The dufty, greyifh Podura. 12. The fhort-tailed 
Podura. 13. The fpreading-tailed Podura. 14. The large-headed Podura. 15. The 
long and flender-legged Podura. 16. The flender-horned Podura. 17. The larger 
water Podura. iS. The long-bodied, bluifh, water Podura. 19. The fubterranean 
Podura. Mod of thefe fpecies are very common with us on the branches of various 
fhrubs and plants, and in our ditches and clear ponds. 
PEDICULUS. 
T H E body of the Pediculus is lobated at the edges or fides: the legs are fix, 
ferving only for walking, the creature having no power of leaping: the eyes 
are two, and are Ample. 
Pediculus capitis . COtttfttOft 
The Pediculus of the head. JlOflft* 
The body of this hateful Infedl is oblong and lobated, or deeply indented around 
the fides: the colour is whitifh, often ftreaked or fpotted with black : the legs are fhort, 
and each is armed with two claws at the extremity: the antennae are fhort and jointed 3 
the head is large, and the eyes are fmall and black. 
It’s mod natural place of habitation is in the heads of children, but it will infeffc 
grown people who are nafly, and will defeend from the head to the body. It is a 
tniftake to fuppofe thofe of the body of a different fpecies5 they are only a variety, 
and are of the fame origin with the others. Authors call it Pediculus* and Pediculus 
vulgaris. 
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Pediculus 
