A new and accurate system of natural history .. . agiigi^ w J^nct/de . OF INSECTS. 3t r3. The ^/^r/^ DERMESTES ^ith red feet, andthe cafes of the ivings marked luith nine freaks, is awater infedl:, twice as big as a loufe. 14. The hlackifo-hlue BEETLE, is of the fize ofa grain of rice, blue above, and blackifli below, witha hairy corfet. 15. The blackifp-hrocivn DERMESTES -jcith finingfpeckled cafes of the nvings\ it is of a cylindrick fhape,and of the fize of a large loufe. 16. The ohlong fmooth tefaceous DERMESTESivith black eyes, may be feen among horfe-dung in-the beginning of the fpring.
A new and accurate system of natural history .. . agiigi^ w J^nct/de . OF INSECTS. 3t r3. The ^/^r/^ DERMESTES ^ith red feet, andthe cafes of the ivings marked luith nine freaks, is awater infedl:, twice as big as a loufe. 14. The hlackifo-hlue BEETLE, is of the fize ofa grain of rice, blue above, and blackifli below, witha hairy corfet. 15. The blackifp-hrocivn DERMESTES -jcith finingfpeckled cafes of the nvings\ it is of a cylindrick fhape,and of the fize of a large loufe. 16. The ohlong fmooth tefaceous DERMESTESivith black eyes, may be feen among horfe-dung in-the beginning of the fpring. 17. The bro^n DERMESTES nvith a brcaf fome-nvhat tefaceous, and the croffet of a bright bronxin, isabout the fize of a loufe. The GOAT-CHAFER, or CAPRICORN-BEETLE, is of the iame fize as the Stag-Beetle, asalfo of the fame colour. The head is broadiili, andthe eyes large, with a forked gaping mouth, and two-exceeding hard crooked teeth, with which it is en-abled to gnaw wood, at which times it makes a noifelike the grunting of a pig. The ihoulde
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