. Economic entomology . '^ Sphaeropocus glabratus (natural size). Antenna of Sphceropoeus castaneus. This and the preceding species were found by a nurseryman amongst a number of plants imported by him from the East Indies. Genus Julus {Linn^, The small thread-like Juli do not look very like the short, stumpy Glomeris; but a little examination will show that Julus is only a very long and somewhat modified Glomeris. In their youngest stage they have few segments and only three pairs of legs, which appear respectively on the second, third, and fifth segments. Young Julus -with only six legs (mag
. Economic entomology . '^ Sphaeropocus glabratus (natural size). Antenna of Sphceropoeus castaneus. This and the preceding species were found by a nurseryman amongst a number of plants imported by him from the East Indies. Genus Julus {Linn^, The small thread-like Juli do not look very like the short, stumpy Glomeris; but a little examination will show that Julus is only a very long and somewhat modified Glomeris. In their youngest stage they have few segments and only three pairs of legs, which appear respectively on the second, third, and fifth segments. Young Julus -with only six legs (magnified). Julus a little older, with 14 legs (magnified). As they grow older, the number of segments and legs increases at each change of skin, until they reach maturity, when the number of segments may reach to fifty and upwards. As already said, the Juli or snake Millipeds are general feeders, consuming both
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