Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . d a bit of cobblers wax,can be made to leap for the amusement of antennae are four-jointed, and the whole bodyis covered with a series of scales arranged verymuch after the fashion of those on the wings ofmoths. The antennae, as well as the legs, whichterminate in two claws or toes, are clothed withfine hairs, and also in some cases with scales. My experience refers especially to two kinds ofscale-bearing Podurae; oue of them black or leaden-coloured (P. plumbea ?), and
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . d a bit of cobblers wax,can be made to leap for the amusement of antennae are four-jointed, and the whole bodyis covered with a series of scales arranged verymuch after the fashion of those on the wings ofmoths. The antennae, as well as the legs, whichterminate in two claws or toes, are clothed withfine hairs, and also in some cases with scales. My experience refers especially to two kinds ofscale-bearing Podurae; oue of them black or leaden-coloured (P. plumbea ?), and another of a fawn-colour, somewhat speckled. I shall speak of it asthe Speckled Podura, for want of knowing its scien-tific name. I do not think it has been described;its scale certainly has not, and I shall allude to itpresently. The former is of frequent occurrenceunder some boards at the back of our house, andalso in similar situations in a cellar at Brixton; thelatter occurs in the same cellar, but inhabits thewoodwork and the whitewashed wall, rarely being March 1, HARDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 55. CWR Eig. 39. Black Podtjra. seen on the floor, except during the winter can catch a black Podura occasionally by meansof oatmeal, but have to trust to my eyes and fingersalone in the case of the speckled. Both kinds will,however, eat oatmeal when kept in have had numbers of them both enclosed in roomy,wooden cells, and have derived much pleasure whilewatching their habits. The floors of the cells werecovered with moistened blotting-paper, in orderthat the humid atmosphere in which the insectslive might be imitated.
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