The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . noculus - - - - 2 Salicis, Phalaena - - - - - - 28 Tenax, Proteus - -r - - <? 3^ Trochiformis Nigra, Vorticella ^- - - ^ ?? 26 Vermicularis, Trichoda - - -^ - ^7 Vefpiilio, Silpha - - - - f ~ ^3 Viridis, Vorticella - - - ^9 Urceolaris, Vorticella - - - - ^7 Vvula,
The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . noculus - - - - 2 Salicis, Phalaena - - - - - - 28 Tenax, Proteus - -r - - <? 3^ Trochiformis Nigra, Vorticella ^- - - ^ ?? 26 Vermicularis, Trichoda - - -^ - ^7 Vefpiilio, Silpha - - - - f ~ ^3 Viridis, Vorticella - - - ^9 Urceolaris, Vorticella - - - - ^7 Vvula, Trichoda - ?«» • • * 81 ERRATA TO VOL. L PLATE XXXIV. for ynagnlfying times, read magnifying four timesfor 6. Bach us is near in length, read C. Backus is near four Lines in lengthFIG. II. for Cuculioy read Curcu/io. 13764S SLIGHT SKETCH OF THE ANIMAL SYSTEM. Lin NiEUS divided the Animal Syftem into, fix clafTes. Clafs I. Mammalia. Suckle their young. II. AvEs. (Birds) covered w^ith feathers. III. Amphibia. Lungs arbitrary. IV. Pisces. (Fifties) breath by gills not arbitrarily,V. Insecta, (Infects) two antennae, or feelers *. VI. Vermes. No head. W^e therefore fee that Infeils compofe the fifth Clafs in the Syftem^and are divided into feven Orders. Order I. Coleoptera. Wings two, covered by two (hells dividedby a longitudinal Hemiptera. Shells or covers of the wings, fomewhat foft, and incumbent on each Lepidoptera. Wings four, imbricated with minutefcales. * Thofe feelers are the two horns that are affixed to the head, B 2 IV. N£V< PLATE I. IV. Neuroptera. Wings four, naked, tranfparent, reticu-lated, with veins or nerves. Tail without Hymenoptera. Wings four. Membraneous; tail of the female armed with a DiPTERA. Wings Aptera, No wings. Transfnaturalhistoryof11792dono
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