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ferved to live while they continue in the vermicular ftate: then they are of an ob- 

 long form, pretty thick about the head, and tapering gradually backwards. They 

 fwim and move with great facility, and may be feen in every pool and receptacle in 

 the IV ejl- Indies. 



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III. 



Of the Tetraptera, or fuch as have four wings. 



A R T I C L E I. 



Of the Coleoptera, or fuch as have two Elytra?, or Jirong y opake, hollow } outward 



mobile cafes, to cover fo many membranous wings. 



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CARABEUS i. Minor fnfcus glaber. ■ The little brown Sawyer. 



This is the lead of the Beetle tribe I have met with in America : it is naturally 



fmooth, adorned with a few hairs about the body, of a dark brown colour, and 

 feldom exceeds a quarter of an inch in length. The different fpecies of this kind 

 agree not only in the make of their antenna, but in the general frame and difpoii- 

 tion of the whole body ; particularly in the fhape and figure of the lower joints of their 

 anterior limbs, which are broad, comprelTed, and ferrated in all. The elitrce, or 

 outward wings, cover near two- thirds of the body, in all the fpecies of this fort. 



SCARABEUS 2. Major niger naficornis, cornu retro- 



flexo. 



Tab. 43. f. 5. 



The Tumble-Turd. 



MonoCeros, £rV. Pet.Gaz. t. 8. f. 7. 



This infedl is of a thick round make, and furnimed with ftrong fhort limbs, 

 as if nature had intended to fit all its parts for labour. The Jcuta, or cover of 

 the head, is pretty large, even, round and margined before; but unequal and rug- 

 ged behind. Out of the middle and hinder part of this rifes the horn, which is 

 (lender, firm, moderately arched, and bends backwards over the joint of the neck, 

 and fore-part of the fcuta of the back. The fhoulders are rugged and uneven, 

 and, with the head, make up about one half of the whole body. The elitrce are 

 very ftrong, ftriated, and cover all the hinder part of the body as well as the wings. 



The creature is a very expert mechanic, and daily fhews us the ufe of the 

 prop, the lever, and the raip or faw; for, with its riling horn, it is obferved to 



turn and roll over iiones and lumps of dirt four or five times its own fize. To 

 perform this piece of mechanifm, it leans the horn back, and infmuates the head 

 under the load, until this comes againft the fhoulders ; then it begins to move the 

 lever forwards, and when the moving mufcles are fully contracted, and the lever 

 carried as much forward as it will bear, it advances the body gradmily towards it, 

 until it brings its ftrong, rugged, and prominent moulders again;! ihe bulk; and 

 then it proceeds to work in the fame manner a^uin. Its ftrong ftriated limbs fervc 

 both to dig and clear its habitation. 



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SCARABEUS 3. Major fubcinereus najicornis, cornu 



retrojiexo. Naficornis thauroceros 

 marianus. Pet. Gaz. t. 24. f. 1 o. 



This infect is very like the foregoing both in fize and appearance; but it is more 



The Newfmonger. 



rare, and feldom feen 

 brown colour. 



except it be in the inland pjrts of the ifland. It is of a light 







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SCARABEUS 4. Maximm pnllus ni 



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aximus pnllus mtc7u y cornu trip!ici t \ The great brown 

 anteriori bifurcaio. Tab. 43. f. 6. 3 Sawyer. 



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