12S THE GNAT. 



tinuing this operation, completely covers it- 

 self under a large mass of white froth. 

 When arrived at its full growth, it measures 

 about the fifth of an inch in length, and is 

 of a beautiful pale green colour; it now 

 casts its skin, and appears in its perfect 

 state, when the wings (of which the rudi- 

 ments only vrere apparent before) are very 

 conspicuous: the whole insect is now of a 

 pale brown colour, with a pair of pale or 

 whitish bands across the wings. In this 

 state it is often called by the name of the 

 frog-hopper, from a fancied resemblance to 

 the shape of that animal in miniature. 

 These insects breed in the month of Sep- 

 tember, and deposit their eggs towards the 

 lieginning of October, which, however, do 

 not hatch till the following spring. 



Dr. Shaw. 



CuLEx. — The Gnat. 



These insects too well known by the 

 several punctures they inflict, and the itch- 

 ings from thence arising, afford a most inte- 



