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. I have met with this little infect pretty often in Jamaica, but do not know any 

 thing like it ya defcribed. It is obferved to throw of? its wings at iumc fcafoa of 



the year. 



NOTONECTA I. Fufca tenuis, cruribusAon^ilRmisventre\ r~, n . ri 



iibido. \ The Boat - F1 y 



This infect is very common about all the ftagnating waters in J 



walks with 



greattft eafe and fpeed 



of the intent are extremely fkncler and delicate 



ir n:ca y and 

 the furface of them. All the parts 



BRUCHUS I. Kermefinus maculis nig 



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s notatus, elitra 



Tab. 43. f. 16. 



The Cotton- Fly 



Th 



little in feci: is chiefly of a leaflet colour, and h 



in 



(1 



proportion to its body. The feelers are 

 long and flender, the body oblong and comprefled 



obi on 

 the t 



as but 



id delicate, 

 d the elitr 



a 



fm 



head 



probofc 



narrow 



d 



thick and opake near the body, but more membranous and trarifp 



y 



Th 



P 



of thefe flies are frequently pe 



to the 



bullies, and often deftroy whole fields of the moft promifing pi 



in a 



very 



fhu 



ELLIPTA 1. Minima fubfufc a mifceila 



I 



The fmall brown Ellipta 



Tab. 43. f. 11. 



extremely curious j 



h it. The body of an oval form, and very 



but I do 



recollect wher 



th 



by 



This little in feci: is 

 chance I have met wi 

 fmall and delicate; the eyes moderately large, but comprefTed, and form a feg 

 of the orb or ciicumference of the common mafs, on each fide of the fnout ; vs 



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renders them confpicuous both under and over the body 



does the head, from 



which the probofcis ftretches perpendicularly downwards, feem to project from the 



orb, but forms a part of 



are 



fix 



in 



mber. wh 



with lo many arching tabulated 



walking 



The wing 



brm eliptic, with the reft of the body. The feet 

 two foremoft are large and robuft, and furnifhed 



the others are made and placed for 



b 



\y difcernible 



APHIS 1. Comprejja oblo 



alis nigro undulat, 



The Blaft 



This infect is very common in Amerid 



ds : it has been fome y 



hich 



b 



whole crops of 



nor do the 



re 



(h 



\y 



md generally pernicious to all the plant 



> known to deflroy whole 



trees on which they breed, ever fl 



fiel 



Y 



When they are very numerous, people ate obliged to burn every thing about 



them, even the moft promifing pi 



foon likely to difcover a b 



method, unlefs the acid iteamot burning fulphur can prove of any fe 



Thefe 



fects are of that 



ib 



hofe individuals grow quite unactive after they grow 



a perfect ftate: they always raile the bark of the plants on which they breed 

 lay their eggs under it. 



d 



COCCINELLA 1. Alis deftituta, corpore rugofo. 



Scarabeus bemifphericus cocbinilifer. Pet. Gaz. t. 1. ^ The Cocheneal Fly. 

 Nochernopaili. Hern. 78. 





Caput parvum t a corpore vix diftinftum, probofcide attenuato brevi in- 



flruBum. 



Antenna brevijjimce dorfum v erf us fit a. Oculi? (nullos obfervare licuit.) 

 Corpus ellipticum fucculentum, injeme J'ubcomprejfum, Juperne convexum 

 & tranjverje Jlriatum. 



Pedes utrinque tres t breviJJimi t Jl exiles attenuatu 



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