; ( F r .
S C O L O P E N D R A M O R S I T A N S.
V E N E M O U S , OB B I T I N G C E N T I P E D E .
G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R .
As many feet on each Gde, as fegments o f the body. Body depreffed. Antennæ fetaceous.
Palpi 2, jointed.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R
AND
S Y N O N Y M S .
Feet 20 on each fide, eyes eight,
S c o L O P E S U K iM o B s iT A N s : p e d ib u s u t r i n q u e 20, o c u iis o f t o . L im . Syß. N at. 2. 1 0 6 8 . 5.— Fab.Ent.
Syfl. 2. 3go, 6.
S c o l o p e n d r a M o r d a n t e ,— S c o lo p e n d r a p e d ib n s u t r in q u e 2 1 , p o lie r io r i b n s f p in o f ts . D , G a r . I n f . 7 .
5 6 3 . 1. tab. 4 3 . fig . 1 .
Seba. Muf. 1 , tab. 8 1 . fig . 3, 4 .
----------------- 2 . tab. 25. fig . 3 , 4 .
Cateß. Car. 3. 2. tab. 2.
Sulz. Hiß. Inf. tab. 30. fig. 14.
Bradi. Nat. tab. 25. fig . 4.
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Travellers agree th at the temperate parts o f Afia would be a ierreftrial paradife, were it not for the
mnlhtnde o f troublefome infefls and reptiles with which they are infefted. In a well cultivated conntry
l.ke Clnna, many o f thefe creatures can fcarcely find il.e lte r; bnt fuch as harbour in the walls or furniture
o f human dwelhngs are as abundant in that, as any other conntry that lies within or near the tropics
Amongft the latter, none produce more terrible effeas than the Centipede, whofe poifon is as venemous
as that o f the fcorpion, which alfo is a native o f China.
Sir G. Staunton mentions a remarkable circumftance that occurred during the late embafly to China
The ambaifador and h.s f a t e were accommodated in a temple near the fnbnrbs o f To„g-choo-foo In
fome o f the apartments the priefts had fnffered fcorpious and fcolopeudras to harbour thronvh n eg le a
Thefe notfome creatures were known only by defcription to fome o f the gentlemen in the embalfy who
had not vtfited the fouthern parts o f Europe : the fight o f fuch, for the firft time, excited a decree' o f hor
ror thetr m.uds; and i t feemed to them to be a fufficient objeaion to the country, that Ü produced
thefe ammals. S.r George however adds, that no accident happened in that in fta n c e .-T h e fpecies o f
Scolopeudr, he alludes to, is probably Morfltant, which is common in many parts o f the world, b u t is particularly
found o f a frightful fize, and in vaft abundance, in the two Indies