United States or Haiti ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
These, contrasted with the dark hue of the other parts, and its tri-partite tail, attract the eye as the insect darts rapidly along. Like the chelifer, it shuns the light, hiding in chinks till sunset, but is actively engaged throughout the night feasting on the acari and soft-bodied insects which assail books and papers. Millepeds.
These are of widely different genera; but instead of their services being gratefully recognised, they are popularly branded as accomplices in the work of destruction. They are Chelifer Librorum, Temp. Chelifer oblongus, Temp. Chelifer acaroides, Hermann. Dr. It was called "Lepisma" by Fabricius, from its fish-like scales.
"In conclusion, it may be observed that the species of insects in Ceylon may be estimated as exceeding 10,000 in number, of which about 2000 are enumerated in this volume. Class ARACHNIDA. "Four or five species of spiders, of which the specimens cannot be satisfactorily described; one Ixodes and one Chelifer have been forwarded to England from Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites."
Word Of The Day