7 6 
* 
VII. 
Order—A P T E R A 
GENUS __LEPISMA. 
T 
HE infers belonging to this genus are very 
frequent under old floors, wainfcots, &c. efpe- 
cially in damp houfes. They run with great fwift- 
nefs, and are generally of bright {hining colors ; 
they are fuppofed to live upon wood-lice ; or by 
fucking the humidity of the wood, under which 
they live. 
Lepifma Saccharin a. 
Silvery lead colour like a fifh ; in the joints of 
fafh-windows that are wet and feldom opened ; and 
among old papers. 
GENUS 
