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The Natural Hiftoryof JAMAICA. 
XIEL. Scarabaolus e fufco nigricans. 
The Smal Scarabeus. 
This was not over a quarter of an Inch long, had fix Legs, is of a dark 
brown or black Colour, in every thing like a Scarabxus. 
It deftroys all Bisket, dry’d Flefh, Corn, @&c. and was a great Hinde« 
rance to my preferving dry’d Birds, 
XIV. Scarabeolas hemifphericus Cothineelifer. Pet. Gaz. n.Tab.y. Fig. g} 
Cochinilla & Coccinilla Off. Dale. p. §39. Cochineal. Act. Phil. 7.176. p. 1202. 
e& N° 193. where it is reprefented. T'46. 237. Fig. 31.18 the Chry/alis, 33, 
the State in which itis in the Shops, and 32, the Beetle. Scarabeus nigris 
cans alarum alias tubicundaram limbis; Mer. met. Ins. Sarin. p. 2. fi 
I was told that feveral Bags of Cochineel here being lain on by Priva- 
teers, had taken Lifeand crept about. It comes to famaica in great Plenty 
from Meteque in the Bay of Honduras. I think 1 met with this in the 
Clefts or Sa/ci of the Barks of that fort of Acacia call’d wild Tamas 
rinds in Jamaica and before defcrib’d. i 
XV. Scarabeolus Hemifphericus, totus luteus auri tnflar Iplendens, telus 
dinis forma. Tab, 237. Fig. 27. 28. 
The Tortoife Fl ly 
This has two yellow Azterne one third Part of an Inch long, by 
which it feeks its Way ; fix Legs, taking their Original from the vores 
of avery dark yellow or Orange Colour, as was the Thorax and Abdo -« 
men, the Legs were very broad at their Ends, it was almoft round and 
flat on the Belly, about half an Inch Diameter; the Head was bluifh 
the Thorax large, and the Abdomen made up of feveral Annuli. All thofe 
Partsand the membranaceous Wings, with a hard Wing Cafe having 
feveral Holes or Cavities in them like thofe of a Thimble, were raifed 
and fomething of the Shape of a Tortoife in the Middle, there only 
being one Seam, where the Divifion of the two Wing Cafes were fe- 
parated. All over when alive ’tis of a fhining yellowifh Colour 
with an Eye of green and fome red rufty Specks hereand there. The 
Colours were changeable, and it made a beautiful Appearance which 
went beyond that of any Infe& I ever faw. 
Tis frequenily to be met with on Trees or by the Rivers fides. 
There is another Sort in every Thing the fame, only the Back js al. 
together fhining, and when dead it appears of a rufty Colour. 
XVI. Scarabeus Capricornus dittus major, viridis fuave lens, Tab. 2 
Fig. 40. ak 
The Musk Fly. 
This is an Inch and a half long, has two Avtenne above j: rica 
brown Eyes, above three Inches ie jointed and black, ae 
ginning, growing {maller by Degrees, confifting of about ten Joints 
It has a Sort of Snout and a Thorax, half an Inch long, havin iA 
its Middle two finall Prickles; onthe under Part the Thorax it is tireer! 
giving 
