Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . 4a); that of the horse (Psoroptes equi); andthe Chicken-mite or Bird-mite {Dermanyssus avium Dug., fig. 2246) are knownto occur. A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 843 etc. during the day. The larger individuals are about six incheslong; color dark chestnut-brown, blending into dull verdigris-greenon the sides. Although its bite is venomous and somewhat painful,as a member of my party experienced, it is scarcely more so than thesting of a large wasp or hornet. Lithobius lapidiaola Mein. This European species was recorded, with some
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . 4a); that of the horse (Psoroptes equi); andthe Chicken-mite or Bird-mite {Dermanyssus avium Dug., fig. 2246) are knownto occur. A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 843 etc. during the day. The larger individuals are about six incheslong; color dark chestnut-brown, blending into dull verdigris-greenon the sides. Although its bite is venomous and somewhat painful,as a member of my party experienced, it is scarcely more so than thesting of a large wasp or hornet. Lithobius lapidiaola Mein. This European species was recorded, with some doubt, by C. , 1S89, from Heilprins collection. We found the same formrather common under stones. House Centipede. [Scutif/era forceps TlaL-^ Cermatia forceps.) Figure uncommon in cellars, etc. It often gets into the water is a harmless and very useful species, for it devours large num-bers of flies, cockroaches, and other household insects. It is nocturnalin its habits, and runs with surprising agility at night. It is very 229. Figure 229. -House Centipede {Scutigera forceps)-^ natural size ; from WebstersInternational Dictionary ; after Mailatt. fond of moist places, like cellai-s and greenhouses. It is widely dis-tributed and has become common in the seaports of southern NewEngland during the past twenty years. I found a specimen in one of the ancient water tanks at the ruinedforts on Castle Island, long uninhabited. This would indicate thatit was introduced here as long ago as the war of 1812. Mecistocephalus Guildingii Newport. A West Indian species recorded by Bollman, 1889. Thousand-legs; Galley-\oorni; Mllliped. {Spiroholus HeilpriniBollman.) Described from Heilprins Bermuda collection of 1888. Wefound it common under stones, etc. It is 2 to inches long, round. 844 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. and rather slender, cliestnut-brown, with reddish biown legs andantennae ; segments striated, excejat anteiiorly, subsegmented. Thousand
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