216 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Genus 257. LYCOPERDINA. Lutr., Leach. 



Antennai moniliform, gradually thickening towards their extremities, 

 the ninth j'i'ii scarcely longer than thf> une hefore it : inn ci'lurii palpi 

 filiform: /ctiu' palpi with the last joint large, almost ovoid ; tluiiks 

 abruptly clavate : hoch/ elongate-ovate : tliorux with the anterior an- 

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

 very acute, undivided. 



Sp. 1. Li/c. BorisfcP. 



Endomyoiius Bovistte. Poyk., Fabr. Tcnebrio Bovista^. Marsh. Ly- 

 coperdina immaculata. Lat?\ Lycoperdina Bovistaj. Leach. 



Inhabits the Lycopadinm or pufif-ball. 



Order IV. DERMAPTERA. Dc Geer, Leach, Kirhi/. 



Order Coleoptera. Linnc, Maisham, 

 Order OrvXHOPXERA. Latreille, Lamarck. 



Chara^rters of the Order. 



Elj/tra 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 : bodij linear depressed : antenna in- 

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

 first articulation largest, the second verj' small, the others short, oh- 

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

 filiform, terminated with a very obscure tuberculiform little body or 

 spine : tarsi three-jointed, villose beneath : ci/es triangular-orbicular, 

 and but little prominent. 



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



Genus 258. FORFICULA of authors. 

 AntcnntE composed of fourteen joints. 



Sp. 1. For. auricnlaria. Forceps at the base internally denticulated, and 

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

 with the disk darker. 



Forficula auricularia of authors. 



Inhabits Europe. Mr. ]\Iarsham has considered the sexes of this in- 

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



Genus 259. LABIA. Leach, 

 Antenute twelve-jointed. 



Sp. 1. Jjib. minor. Forceps denticulated within. (P/. 4. fig. 16.) 



Forficula minor. Fabr., Panzer, Leach. 



Injiabits dung-hills, under clods of earth, stones, &c. The forceps oV 



