. Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil [microform]. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. PROVINCE ARTHROPODA. 207 class. In their general form of body, and in their devel- opement by increase in the number of their segments, they resf^mble the worms ; but in their internal structures and in the possession of limbs they approach to the insects, of which, on the principles of classification followed in this manual, they must necessarily form the lowest or most degraded group, corresponding to the scolecida among the worms. The chilognatha or gally-
. Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil [microform]. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. PROVINCE ARTHROPODA. 207 class. In their general form of body, and in their devel- opement by increase in the number of their segments, they resf^mble the worms ; but in their internal structures and in the possession of limbs they approach to the insects, of which, on the principles of classification followed in this manual, they must necessarily form the lowest or most degraded group, corresponding to the scolecida among the worms. The chilognatha or gally- worms are represented in this country by several species, of which one of the most common is apparently lulus venustus, Wood (Fig. 259). It lives among decaying are im-. Fig. 259.—lULi'S VKNU8TU8, Wood, vegetable matter, on which it feeds, and when disturbed curls itself up. Of the other division one of our common representatives is Lithobius Americanus (260). The seg- )ody. seg- )ody. Ipical irate. 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 Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. Montreal : Dawson
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