THE 
GREAT JULU& 
Generic Character ; 
Feet numerous: twice as many on each fide as 
the fegments of the body. 
Antennce moniliform. 
Palpi (or feelers) two, jointed. 
Body femicylindric. 
Specific Character. 
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JULUS with about 134 feet on each fide. 
Thefe infers are very nearly allied to the Scolopen- 
drae or centipedes, but their body, inhead of being 
flattened, as in thofe creatures, is ne. rly cylindrical; 
and every joint of the body is furnifhed on each fide 
with two pair of feet ; fo that the number of feet on 
each fide is double the number of joints, whereas in 
the Scolopcndra they are equal. 
Thefe animals, when difturbed, roll themfelves up 
in a flat fpiral. Their mouth is armed with a very 
hrong pair of jaws, with which they are capable of in¬ 
flicting a fevere bite: they are not however of a poifon- 
ous nature. The fpecies here figured is the largeft of 
the genus. It is found in America, where it inhabits 
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