215 MUDLRN SYSTLJI. 



Genus 25?. LYCOPERDINA. Latr., Lcac/i. 



A7itenii a: momVit'orm, gradually thickening towards their extremities, 

 the ninth joint scarcely longer than the one before it : muxUIuri/ palpi 

 filiform: /«/'.■« ' pa/pi with the last joint large, u!uu,-c ovoid : t/ii^/is 

 abruptly clavate : Im/j/ elongate-ovate: /Aor«.r wiih the anterior an- 

 gles a little dilated, narrowed behind : mandibles with their points 

 very acute, undivided. 



Sp. 1. Lye. Buvistce. 



Endomychus Bovistse. Pai/k., Fabr. Tenebrio Bovistte. Marsh. Ly- 

 coperdina immaculata. Latr. Lycoperdina Bovistae. Leach. 



Inhabits the Li/copcrdinm or pufF-ball. 



Order IV. DERMAPTERA. De Geer, Leach, Kirhj/. 



Order Coleoptera. Linnc, Marsham. 

 Order Orthoptera. Latreilk, Lamarck. 



Characters of the Order. 



Elulra somewhat crustaceous and abbreviated, of a square form ; the 

 suture straight : wings membranaceous, externally coriaceous, large, 

 folded transversely and longitudinally: anus armed with forceps, 

 which is horny and moveable : body linear depressed: antenna: in- 

 serted before the eyes, composed of from^ twelve to thirty joints; the 

 first articulation largest, the second very small, the others short, ob- 

 conic or nearly globose : mandibles with their points bidentate : palpi 

 filiform, terminated with a very obscure tviberculiform little body or 

 spine : tarsi three-jointed, villose beneath : eyes triangular-orbicular, 

 and but little profhinent. 



Obs. — The genera are founded on the number of joints in the antennae. 



Genus 258. FORFICULA of authors. 

 Antenna composed of fourteen joints. 



Sp. 1 . Tor. auricularia. Forceps at the base internally denticulated, and 

 a little beneath with a tooth on each side : elytra yellowish-brovvTi, 

 with the disk darker. 



Forficula auricularia of authors. 



Inhabits Europe. Mr. Marsham has considered the sexes of this in- 

 sect as two species, under the names auricularia and neglecta. 



Genus 259. LABIA. Leach. 

 AntenntE twelve-jointed. 



Sp.l. Lab. minor. Forceps denticulated wthin. (P/. 4. ^^. 16.) 



Forficula minor. Fabr., Panzer, Leach. 



Inhabits dung-hills, under clods of earth, stones, 8cc. The forceps of 



