. 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. EOPTERA. GENE C CHARACTER. Antenns articulated, and tapering to the end. Shells long and•larrow, four joints in each foot. Ihorax with lateral fpines or-tu-bercles. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Antennae length of the body. Shells green, changeable, purple,copper colour,


. 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. EOPTERA. GENE C CHARACTER. Antenns articulated, and tapering to the end. Shells long and•larrow, four joints in each foot. Ihorax with lateral fpines or-tu-bercles. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Antennae length of the body. Shells green, changeable, purple,copper colour, &c. Body dark blue. Cer AMBYX Mofchatus^ Thorace fpiiiofo, elytrJs obtufis viridibus ni-tentibus, femoribus muticis antennis mediocribus. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 627. 34.—Faun* Suec. 65?- cdoraius^ Sec. Degeer. Inf. 5. 2. ScARABiEUS. Raj.—Frifch.—Lijier. BSfftrfBTtJffflnM Few Infe£ls vary more in their cclours than the Cerambyx VioC-cliatus ; in fome fpecimcns the Green colour is very predominant,, inothers theCopper calour ; in fome the Purple is the moft vivid, anda^^ain in others the colours are fo blended as to appear altogether of a,culi brown. They feed on the foft wood of willow trees; arevery plenty inmoit places in fummer, and emit a very powerful mufk-l;ke- odour, : I ^ fV^ PLATE : !)?. [ 6i 3 .a PLATE XCV. PHAL^NA Moth,lepidoptera. GENERIC CHARACTER, Antennas taper from the bafe. Wings, In general, contra£ted wh«L_^t reft. Fly by night, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Antennas feathered. Head, Thorax, Body, and Wings light brown 5a dark broad wave acrofs the middle of the upper Wings. P. Neujlrta. B, alis reverfis grifeis, ilrigis duJibus ferrugineis, fubtusunica. Syji. Ent. 567. 42.—Linii. S^Ji. Nat. 2. 8i8. 35. Phalisna peilinicornis ellnguis, alis deflexis pallidis, fafcia alarumtranfverfali faturatiore. Geoff, Inf. 2. 114. 16. ^haJt;?na media tota cinerea. Raj. Inf. 214- 8. Reaum. Infi. Tab. 4. Fig. i.—11,Goed. Inf. I. 57. Tab. l


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