. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 2Q JULID^. CASE found in numbers eating the roots of various plants. Anemones, pansies, and onions are mentioned as having been injured. The treatment indicated is the same as that for the Juli. Nos. PoLYDESMUS COMPLANATUS {Linn).—Z2. Specimens (5); 33. Enlarged figure. In its earlier stage it is from a quarter to half an Polydesmus complanatus (young and full grown, iucll long, aud when matUrC natural size). reaches nearly an inch in length. It is of a pale whitish lilac colour. It has a worse character among horticulturists


. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 2Q JULID^. CASE found in numbers eating the roots of various plants. Anemones, pansies, and onions are mentioned as having been injured. The treatment indicated is the same as that for the Juli. Nos. PoLYDESMUS COMPLANATUS {Linn).—Z2. Specimens (5); 33. Enlarged figure. In its earlier stage it is from a quarter to half an Polydesmus complanatus (young and full grown, iucll long, aud when matUrC natural size). reaches nearly an inch in length. It is of a pale whitish lilac colour. It has a worse character among horticulturists than even the Juli. Nos. Polydesmus dorsalis, {Murr. n. s.) (aff. Thomsoni) (Zz^r.).—34. Specimens 34, 35 (i); 35. Enlarged Polydesmus dorsalis (natural size). A large tropical species two inches in length—not unlike the West African species P. Thomsoni; of similar dimensions, but the segments are almost free from granulations, and a whitish stripe runs up the middle of the back the whole length of the body. Family SUGENTIA. Parts about the mouth consolidated into a tubule fitted for sucking up liquid food. Most authors have regarded this modification of the parts of the mouth as of so much importance that they have treated the species possessing it as a distinct order or family equal in value to the Chilognatha, or Chilopoda. The importance of such a modification is not the same in all orders, and the lower we s:o. 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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