A new and accurate system of natural history .. . -T^^Nddf O F I N S E C T S. 43 There is another BURN-COW, with afhorterbodynd a broader belly ; as alfo a Iharper tail, and a fmall:eadj, with prominent eyes, and a wide forked cafes of the wings are ftreaked lengthways, andthe colour is as green as grafs, with a mixture of{hinmg gold. It has eight legs, which are long inproportion to the body ; but more flender than in theformer fpecies, and of a blackiih colour, the feelers aremore fmall and Hender, and it is as nimble as the firft,,but has a much more filthy fmell. It lives upon fl
A new and accurate system of natural history .. . -T^^Nddf O F I N S E C T S. 43 There is another BURN-COW, with afhorterbodynd a broader belly ; as alfo a Iharper tail, and a fmall:eadj, with prominent eyes, and a wide forked cafes of the wings are ftreaked lengthways, andthe colour is as green as grafs, with a mixture of{hinmg gold. It has eight legs, which are long inproportion to the body ; but more flender than in theformer fpecies, and of a blackiih colour, the feelers aremore fmall and Hender, and it is as nimble as the firft,,but has a much more filthy fmell. It lives upon fliesand palmer-worms. Thefe are venemous to cattlelike the former ; and fome affirm if one of them befwallowed it will poifon a man. In Gerfnany there are alfo two other forts, the oneof a greenifli gold-colour, and the other of a yellowblack. The firil; is like the former above defcribed,but is a little bigger, and the cafes of the wings areIbeaked with lines of a deep gold-colour, (haded witha little green i and between the lines there are hoUl
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