Lepisma.
(Del gr. ??(do p? sµa, scale).
1. f. tisanuro insect of some nine millimeters long, with long antennae, cylindrical body covered with very faint silvery scales, abdomen finished torbe's is three articulated farm, and short feet with two articles and a claw on each Tarsus. It is nocturnal, originating in America; It has spread all over the world, and roe leather, paper and sugar.
