. An introduction to zoology, with directions for practical work (invertebrates). 202 INTRODUCTION TO ZOOLOGY chap. have two pairs of legs, the first three have generally only one pair of legs apiece, and the fourth may be legless, as is usually the seventh also, in males. Millipedes feed on plants. They are retiring, slow-moving creatures. When handled they may give out a bad-smelling fluid from special glands in the body. They hatch from the eggs with only three pairs of. Fig. 135.—Some oommou Myriapoda. /, Julus ; L, Lithobius ; G, Geophilus. appendages, namely, the antennae and two pairs o
. An introduction to zoology, with directions for practical work (invertebrates). 202 INTRODUCTION TO ZOOLOGY chap. have two pairs of legs, the first three have generally only one pair of legs apiece, and the fourth may be legless, as is usually the seventh also, in males. Millipedes feed on plants. They are retiring, slow-moving creatures. When handled they may give out a bad-smelling fluid from special glands in the body. They hatch from the eggs with only three pairs of. Fig. 135.—Some oommou Myriapoda. /, Julus ; L, Lithobius ; G, Geophilus. appendages, namely, the antennae and two pairs of jaws; the walking legs all develop later, appearing in batches. This is well seen in Julus, the form described below, where new segments and new sets of appendages appear in sets of five at a time, between the end segment and the last but one. Five new segments, still without legs, are shown in the specimen drawn in Fig. 135, /. The most common British Millipede is the " False Wireworm " or Snake Millipede {Julus ter-. 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 Lulham, Rosalie Blanche Jermaine. London, Macmillan
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