Lepisma

Several correspondents have drawn my attention to the fact that Hooke is evidently describing the "Lepisma," which, if not positively injurious, is often found in the warm places of old houses, especially if a little damp.

The Enemies of Books William Blades 1857

It was called "Lepisma" by Fabricius, from its fish-like scales.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

Several correspondents have drawn my attention to the fact that Hooke is evidently describing the ` ` Lepisma, '' which, if not positively injurious, is often found in the warm places of old houses, especially if a little damp.

The Enemies of Books 1888

There is, too, a small silvery insect (Lepisma) which I have often seen in the backs of neglected books, but his ravages are not of much importance.

The Enemies of Books 1888

The body ends in three long bristles, as in Lepisma.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

Further study, however, of the homologies of these peculiar appendages, and especially a knowledge of the embryological development of Lepisma and Machilis, is needed before this interesting point can be definitely settled.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

In all these particulars, the mandible of Lepisma is comparable with that of certain Coleoptera and

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

The palpus instead of being directed forward, as in the insects mentioned above (in the pupa of Ephemera the maxilla is much like that of Lepisma), is inserted nearer the base than usual and thrown off at right angles to the maxilla, so that it is stretched out like a leg, and in moving about the insect uses its maxillæ partly as supports for its head.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

Now these three lobes may be easily distinguished in the maxilla of Lepisma.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

It has the long, linear, scaleless body of Campodea, in the family below, but the head and its appendages are like Lepisma, the maxillary palpi being five-jointed, and the labial palpi four-jointed.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872