. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. Kii,;ii-yh,ix i-ruliiliis. (I,u\v,t li-iirr.) nil".', continually danced and played the castanets around the infant. The speciiic name, rmhihis, si^nilies a rattle, and is, therefore, appro]iriate to the civaliire. Tills centipede ^. a native of Southern Africa, and is found aliout Natal. Jls colour i^ni-ly liiowii, and the species may be easily recoonisi'd by the pe( uliar structure just llrscniied. riii: smidler li-ure repres(>iits a ceiiti]
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. Kii,;ii-yh,ix i-ruliiliis. (I,u\v,t li-iirr.) nil".', continually danced and played the castanets around the infant. The speciiic name, rmhihis, si^nilies a rattle, and is, therefore, appro]iriate to the civaliire. Tills centipede ^. a native of Southern Africa, and is found aliout Natal. Jls colour i^ni-ly liiowii, and the species may be easily recoonisi'd by the pe( uliar structure just llrscniied. riii: smidler li-ure repres(>iits a ceiiti]ie(le which is found in Kn-land, and in some Iniiililies is very common. It is represented of its natural size, and, as mav lie seen, is in nil way coiisjiicuous lor its Jt is, however, remarkable on another aecount. It lias the ]iower of nivinu- ,,ul a tolerably strong iilios]ilioiv,sceiit light, which is only after dark, but is then very cfuisiiicuons, and has often caused the centipede to be mistaken H,r a glow-worm. It is not unlVe(|uently found within ]icaclies, ajuicols, )ilums, iiiiil similar liuits, when tiny are very ripe, and lies comfortably coiled up in the little (â pace iietween the stone and the fniit, "where the sweetest Juices lie. The colmir of this ceiilipede is yellow; its head is'deep rust colour; its aiiteiiiue avi'very hairy and four times long as the liciul segment. 'J'lieiv are from to liity-live pairs of legs. Its leimlli varies from two and a half inches to three iiiciies. I S 'S I §l'l0''^i. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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