Head yellow; but on the top, near the ocelli, black and hairy. Antennæ shorter than the thorax, dark brown, yellow next the head to the first joint, including about a third part. Thorax yellow, slightly hairy; having three black stripes on the top and two on each side meeting on the breast. Wings thin, almost transparent, and doubled or folded longitudinally. Abdomen dark orange, with a black ring next the anus, and two lesser ones near the thorax; none of which are seen underneath, being there entirely of a dark orange. Legs yellow, and furnished with two spines at the tips of the tibiæ; the anterior having only one.
POLYDESMUS (FONTARIA) VIRGINIENSIS.
Plate [XLIII]. fig. 8.
Order: Chilognatha, Latreille. Aptera, Linnæus, Drury. Family: Julidæ.
Genus. Polydesmus, Latreille, Brandt in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. vol. 6. Julus, Fabr. Fontaria, J. E. Gray.
Polydesmus (Fontaria) Virginiensis. Corpore pallide griseo, segmentis convexis, articulo pedum secundo acutissimo. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Julus virginiensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Apter. pl. 4. f. 5. p. 156.
Julus tridentatus, Fabr.
Fontaria Virginiensis, J. E. Gray in Griff. An. K. Ins. pl. 135. f. 1.
Habitat: Virginia.