. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 46 ilYRIAPODA very thick. Compact or very short limbs. The terminal point of the last limb without claws. Family 4. Geophilidae. Body long, 80 to 180 rings, principal and subsidiary. No eyes. The. Fig. 27.—Geophilus loncjicornis. (From C. L. Koch, Die Myiia^yoden.) maxillary palps not compact, and with first joint large. Last joint of the last pair of legs with a sharp claw. Order III. Schizotaesia. The tarsi of all the legs multiarticulate. The eyes facetted. Peculiar sense organ beneath the head. Family 1. Cermatiidae {Scutigeridae) Antennae with une


. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 46 ilYRIAPODA very thick. Compact or very short limbs. The terminal point of the last limb without claws. Family 4. Geophilidae. Body long, 80 to 180 rings, principal and subsidiary. No eyes. The. Fig. 27.—Geophilus loncjicornis. (From C. L. Koch, Die Myiia^yoden.) maxillary palps not compact, and with first joint large. Last joint of the last pair of legs with a sharp claw. Order III. Schizotaesia. The tarsi of all the legs multiarticulate. The eyes facetted. Peculiar sense organ beneath the head. Family 1. Cermatiidae {Scutigeridae) Antennae with unequal number of joints. Body rings, each with one pair of legs. Dorsal scutes not so large as ventral. Limbs long and multiarticulate. (Fig. 17, p. 35). Order lY. Symphyla. Myriapods resembling Thysanura. A pair of limbs to each segment. The antennae are simple and multiarticulate with un- equal joints. Eyes few. Mandiljles short. One pair of maxillae. Xo maxillipedes. Genital oritice in the last segment of the body. A single pair of tracheae. Two abdominal glands on the posterior part of the body. Two caudal appendages. Free dorsal scutes. Ventral scutes often with parapodia. Family 1. Scolopendrellidae. With the characters of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company


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