Fontaria Virginiensis, _J. E. Gray in Griff. An. K. Ins. pl._ 135. _f._
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HABITAT: Virginia.
This insect is entirely wingless. Head circular and flat, placed under
the first segment. Antennæ composed of five equal articulations. Body
rounded at top, forming an arch equal to one-fourth of a circle, and
consisting of nineteen rings or scales, which lie very closely over one
another, the hinder part of one exactly fitting the fore part of the
next. Each of these scales, except some near the head, have four short
feet fixed to them; the whole number of which is sixty. The general
colour of the insect is whitish grey; the under part being lighter than
the upper. Along the middle of the latter runs a darker shade, having a
single spot of a wainscot colour placed on the middle of each scale.
{97}PLATE XLIV.
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