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were small in proportion to the animal, and of a 
brown colour. It is from the singular manner 
in which this insect is coated that I have given it 
the title of Coccus cataphractus or mailed Coccus. 
It is found among sphagnum and other mosses in 
boggy and turfy ground, and is most frequent in 
Scotland, Ireland, and the north of England, par- 
ticularly in some parts of Cumberland. If it really 
belongs to the genus Coccus, it is much to be 
wished that by a diligent search the male may at 
length be discovered, in order that the history of 
so curious an insect may be rendered complete. 
I must not omit to add that I suspect this in- 
sect to have been slightly described and rudely 
figured (a})parcntly from a bad specimen) in the 
seventh volume of the works of Degeer, who, like 
myself, supposes it to be a species of Coccus. His 
specimen seems to have been considerably smaller 
than the British ones. 
A very small species of this genus is often seen, 
in its fixed or torpid state, on the surface of dif- 
ferent kinds of Apples, and particularly on the 
golden pippin. It is not more than the tenth of 
an inch in length, and is of a long oval shape, 
gradually decreasing to a point at one end. It 
contains thirty or forty oval white eggs enveloped 
in a silky matter. This species seems to be very 
nearly allied to one described by the ingenious 
Air. Baker, in his work entitled Efinploymeiit for 
the Alicroscopey p. 371. Mr. Baker describes the 
twigs of ail: Ash as thickly covered on one side 
