A new and accurate system of natural history .. . road bread, the fliape in general beingconfiderable broad in proportion to its length ; butthe eyes are fmall, and the legs long and flender.The whole body and outer part of the cafes of thewings are of a fine fiiining green, with a mixture of)ellow. It is fometimes met with in our gardens. The BEETLE ^Jith da^vated feelers, and the cafes*.f the ivings on the fore part. It is of the fmallkind, and of an oblong i>iape, with a black headand bread. The cafes of the wings are grey towardsthe top, but elfewhere the colour is of a duskyt h^kifh br
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A new and accurate system of natural history .. . road bread, the fliape in general beingconfiderable broad in proportion to its length ; butthe eyes are fmall, and the legs long and flender.The whole body and outer part of the cafes of thewings are of a fine fiiining green, with a mixture of)ellow. It is fometimes met with in our gardens. The BEETLE ^Jith da^vated feelers, and the cafes*.f the ivings on the fore part. It is of the fmallkind, and of an oblong i>iape, with a black headand bread. The cafes of the wings are grey towardsthe top, but elfewhere the colour is of a duskyt h^kifh brown, with a tranfverfe flreak of white.Thif, kind is common about the carcafles of deadanimals, particularly birds. Some would not havethis to be properlv a Beetle, but call it Dermcltcs. The BLACK DHRMESTES ^ith a n^hite Jpot^ onfa:h of the cajes of the nvingSy is of the fmall kind, hiid has a body of an oval fhape, which is black aswell as its legs and feelers ; on each of the cafes ofthe wings there is a remarkable white fpot, with five others. Fnnu/ Jc. CFINSECTS. II others fo foiall that they are hardly vifjble. Thisanimal when touched, or is terrified with a noife, willftop and draw its head and legs under the fhell of thebody. It is common about fome houfes and old walls, and more particularly in places where vidluals arekert. The DERMESTES, tf a cylindrical Jhape, nxiitha thick hairy neck, and tejiaceous cafes for the ivings.This is alfo of the fmall kind, and the body is of thefhape of a cylinder, with a thick roundifh black hairyneck. The cafes of the wings are longifh, blunt atthe point, and like (hells with a black edge or marginrunning all round them ; but the colour of the cafesthemfelves are of a whitifh brown, and the body andlegs are black. The antennae or feelers are reddifh.The fize is not much bigger than a large loufe, andwhen it is touched or terrified it contrads itfelf andlies quite Ilill. It is very common in houfes. Thefeelers of thefe three forts are of