CHERMES. CHERMES. 
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Generic Character. 
Rostrum pectorale. 
Anteniite tborace longiores. 
Alte quatuor, deflexte. 
Thorax gibbus. 
Pedes saltatorii. 
Snout pectoral. 
A ntennceXongeY than tborax. 
Wings four, deflex. 
Thorax gibbose. 
Feet formed for walking:. 
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TThE insects of the genus Chermes, like those of 
the genus Aphis, are found on the leaves, young 
shoots, and bark of various vegetables: they are, 
in general, of small size, and in their larva state 
are of a much more flattened form than when 
farther advanced, and exhibit merely the rudi- 
ments of the future wings: in this state also many 
of them appear coated, especially on the hind part ^ 
of the body, with a flocculent or filamentous sub- 
stance, of a white colour, and of a clammy or 
tenacious nature, which exsudes from the pores of 
the animal, and is gradually protruded into the 
form above-mentioned. 
Chermis Aim is found on the leaves and shoots 
of the Alder. Its larva is entirely covered, about 
the hinder part, by thickly fasciculated heaps of 
viscid down or cotton, which, if purposely rubbed 
off, are quickly reproduced by the animal, which 
