Thus it may be said that this genus is confined entirely to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010829">tem<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />perate regions</placeName>: moreover it is seldom (never?) found at any <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />great elevation, seldom at more than <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">6 or 8 hundred feet</del> <add place="intralinear"><measure quantity="100" unit="toise">100</measure> or <measure quantity="150" unit="toise"><lb />150 <choice> <abbr>hexapod.</abbr> <expan>hexapodes</expan> </choice></measure></add> </subst> – all occur on the ground.