. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 204 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE Ophiodes ophiophilus (^MuU., Nov. Aet. Nat. Cuv. 1831).—31. Enlarged J^^^- sketch of ditto, copied from Midler's figure. No. 31. ^ A species from South Africa which was found upon captive snakes. The colour of its body is pale bluish green like turquoise. j<fos. Ophiodes Gervaisii {Lticas, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847).—32. Enlarged sketch 32, 33. of male of ditto ; 33. Ditto of female. This was found under the scales of the boa constrictor. No. 34. Ophiodes gracilentus {Lucas^ Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846).—34. Enla
. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 204 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE Ophiodes ophiophilus (^MuU., Nov. Aet. Nat. Cuv. 1831).—31. Enlarged J^^^- sketch of ditto, copied from Midler's figure. No. 31. ^ A species from South Africa which was found upon captive snakes. The colour of its body is pale bluish green like turquoise. j<fos. Ophiodes Gervaisii {Lticas, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847).—32. Enlarged sketch 32, 33. of male of ditto ; 33. Ditto of female. This was found under the scales of the boa constrictor. No. 34. Ophiodes gracilentus {Lucas^ Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846).—34. Enlarged sketch of ditto. This species has also been described by M. Lucas from living specimens feiken on the Python Sebse, on which it fixes itself in the intervals between the ventral scales, which it resembles in colour, its abdomen being yellowish, and head and thorax brownish yellow. Nos. Ophiodes flavomaculatus {Lncas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846).—35. Enlarged 35, 36. sketch of ditto; 36. Sketch of Python Sebae on which it was found. M. Lucas says that this species is very agile, and ap- pears to be rare. He " never met with any but a few indi- viduals that he found living and fixed between the scales of a boa constrictor newly anived from ; As the boa constrictor is a South American species, and does ^ . not occur in Africa, we must Ophiodes flavomaculatus. Magnified and natural size. read python instead of boa constrictor, for the python is the only large serpent that occurs in West Africa, where it represents 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 Murray, Andrew, 1812-1878. [London] Chapman and Hall
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