. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 190 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE legs. It is to be noticed, too, tTiatiwo specimens of a species of Ixodes (named Ixodes longipes by M. Lucas—Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1872); were lately taken m one of the subterranean caverns of the Pyrenees, viz.,-the upper cavern of Mas-d'azil in the Ariege and it, too, was distinguished by the length and slenderness of its legs. There can be little doubt, we imagine, that they were individuals that had dropped from some bat that had made the cavern its place of retreat; and it is, perhaps, not wholly irrel
. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 190 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE legs. It is to be noticed, too, tTiatiwo specimens of a species of Ixodes (named Ixodes longipes by M. Lucas—Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1872); were lately taken m one of the subterranean caverns of the Pyrenees, viz.,-the upper cavern of Mas-d'azil in the Ariege and it, too, was distinguished by the length and slenderness of its legs. There can be little doubt, we imagine, that they were individuals that had dropped from some bat that had made the cavern its place of retreat; and it is, perhaps, not wholly irrele- vant to remark that disproportionate length and slenderness of the legs is a very common modification of the parts in blind insects inhabiting such caverns : for example, Anopthalmus, Aphsenops, Leptoderus, etc. Genus Ixodes—without eyes. Nos. Ixodes erinaceus {Aud., Ann. Sc. Nat. 1832).—1. Enlarged figure of 4' 5^ 6'. male ; 2. Specimen of ditto (5); 3. Enlarged figure of female, half fed ; 4. Specimen of ditto in phial, ditto (11); 5. Enlarged figure of female, full fed ; 6. Specimen of ditto in phial (4).. Ixodes erinaceus (laale). ij lines in 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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