60 IINNEAN SYSTEM. 



This is the common Spanish fly : it is found on the privet, the ash, 

 the elder, the jwplar, &c. It is so hght when dried that fiftj' of them 

 scarcely weigh a dram. 



Genus 37. Meloe. 



Antenntp moniliform : thorax nearly round : eh/tra soft, flexible, and 

 shorter than the abdomen : head inflected, gibbous. {PL 4. jig. 7.) 



Sp. 1. Mel. Proscarabaus. Of a violet colour, 



Found in spring, particularly in open sandy fields, feeding on the 



difterent species of Ranunculus, &c. ; its ova have an agreeable smell ; 



when touched, there issues from it a very limpid yellowish oil, which 



is exceedingly diuretic, and when mixed with honey or oil has been 



recommended in cases of hydrophobia. 



Genus 38. Mordella. 



Antenna: moniliform or pectinated : palpi four, the anterior ones cla- 

 vated, the hinder filiform : when frightened, it hides its head be- 

 neath the thorax : elytra narrower towards the apex, and slightly 

 curved : before the thighs a broad plate at the base of the abdomen. 

 The insects of this genus inhabit flowers. 



Sp. 1. Mord.fasciata. {PL 4. Jig. 8.) 



Genus 39. Stapuylinus. 



I shall omit the generic character of Linne, and refer the student to 

 those genera given in Dr. Leach's system. Mr. INIarsham has de- 

 scribed only 87 species of this very extensive family : 500 species at least 

 are found to be natives of this country, many of which are exceed- 

 ingly minute, but very interesting. {PL 4. fg. 10, 11, 12, 13 Sf 14.) 



Genus 40. Forficula. 

 Atitcnna; setaceous : ;7«/;>i unequal and filiform : elytra truncated and 



shorter than the abdomen, the extremity of which is armed with 



forceps. 

 Sp. 1. Foif. auricular ia, Earwig. 



Order II. HEMIPTERA. 



Many of the insects of this Order are fiirnishcd with a rostrum 

 which is inflected and bent inwards towards the breast. Their wing- 

 cases are hcmelytratec, or of a substance less hard than those of the 

 preceding order; they do not meet together and form a longitudinal 

 suture, but have some part of tiicir anterior margins crossed or laid 

 one over tlie other. 



