. Animal forms; a second book of zoology. Zoology. 112 ANIMAL FORMS species especially causes painful but not fatal wounds in man. On the other hand, the millipeds (Fig. 68) or thousand- legs are cylindrical, slow-going animals, feeding on vegetable <l. Fio. 67.—Centiped. One-half natural size. Fig. 68.—Thousand-legs or milliped {Julus). Natural size. substances without causing any particular damage, except in the case of the " cutworms," which often work great injury to crops. When disturbed they make little effort to escape, but roll into a coil and emit an offensive-smelling fl
. Animal forms; a second book of zoology. Zoology. 112 ANIMAL FORMS species especially causes painful but not fatal wounds in man. On the other hand, the millipeds (Fig. 68) or thousand- legs are cylindrical, slow-going animals, feeding on vegetable <l. Fio. 67.—Centiped. One-half natural size. Fig. 68.—Thousand-legs or milliped {Julus). Natural size. substances without causing any particular damage, except in the case of the " cutworms," which often work great injury to crops. When disturbed they make little effort to escape, but roll into a coil and emit an offensive-smelling fluid, which renders them unpalatable to their enemies. All present a great resemblance to the segmented worms, as their popular names often testify; but, on the other hand, many points in their organization indicate a closer relationship to the insects. As in the latter, the head is distinct, and bears a pair of antennae, the eyes, and two or three pairs of mouth-parts. The trunk is more worm-like, and consists of a number of similar segments, each bearing. 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Heath, Harold, 1868- [from old catalog] joint author. New York, D. Appleton and company
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