Metabelia. emit whilst the animal is li ; but he 
Sm Dan tteces crore conjure eo co 
The of ths curious inet i de thea 
siduous of William Dandridge 
oof ee history in Harward University, 
an who sent with 
= eens | 
ted a, 
ate or Kt? his 
«. Your Rating ut ith th semaine of 
ato, 
those of this country ; sgn ave ch leaeess 
one in a of Polistes that is here very 
The of this Polistes is so distort- 
ed by them, that I have no difficulty in knowing them 
the wing int cle with = gauze for- 
SRY Ao a room, permi 
them to fly to the windows, I ae my pcos J 
a wine-glass anda card, fed them with , and thus 
till their parasites were isclosed, I 
not the pleasure to see them emerge, but I found 
. I obtained four in this way, and 
nests of the Polistes into the house, ta- 
in the night, when all the inhabitants were 
the hopes of obtaining more ; adap tig = 
uit 
i 
SF 
_ 
i 
au 
a} 
= 
rf 
pees at oe ee When 
eee it is easy to conceive that it 
turns, with its flattened 
atria parade ro 
inal scuta, and pro- 
ng 
yi TRB, gM Pee 
ike, and I concluded that 
males, from the circumstance of their vibra- 
EbaCE its prison, 
ion, as longas it lived, which wasbutafew 
ip. 2. Rossii. Sachi Intasichds off the anit 
Chis ate, all tanweribe this part of Mr Kirby's paper, with the exception of the terms; which we shall change for those adopted.in 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
of j 
since he merely says, ‘ i 
rum. He takes no notice: of the eyes being placed a 
footstalk or pillar, The el 
isers of the Diptera" | 
fer in colour, Det so ta the I -of the first jomt of 
the i compared with the second, and in the form 
of of the antennz, Rossi makes no men- 
tion of the minute white dots which 
Peckii so v remarkable ; we therefore think, : 
r Kirby is fully justified in them as 
distinet, Should the proportion of the joints sats 
be found in nature to be the same as 
Rossi's figure, theee animale cannot be rafhiesd aves to 
the same genus, but must constitute a new one. at 
Orver V. DERMAPTERA. < 
Ornper Dermaptera. Kirby. 
Orper Coreoprera. Linn. Marsh. 
Orxver Ortuoptrena. Latr. Lam. 
Charaeters of the Order. 
. ate 
£234, t 
- F 
1 spar! 
little body or spine. Tarsi three-} 
Eyes ar-orbicular, and 
Observation. The genera are founded on shiienabel 
ts in the antenne. munis do 
enus CCCXLIIL Forricuza Linn, Fabr. Latr. 343. F 
Lam. Cuv. be OULite 
Antenna com of fourteen joints. rai 
regen agp ter | ew wae "Y 
denticulated, and a little beneath with a tooth on ria. 
side. Elytra yellowish-brown, with the disc darker. r. 
Forficula auricularia of authors, 
Inhabits Europe. Mr Marsham has cuieaiian 
sexes of this ayn - two species, under the names - 
auricularia and n A eh 
Genus CCCXL y oo Oa Leach. et omedveat 
Forricuta. Fabr. Latr. + nt an al 
Per twelve-jointed. bh 
1. Minor. _— denticulated within, 
minor. . Panz. 
Be repay Thee ok dis ouaaaeebane 
a 308 ar or that of the female, which chataster 
Mr M has considered as specific. «© 95. ¢ 
Genus CCCXLYV.  Lasrouna. Lesh; : z 
Forricuta. Fabr. 
eee with about 30 joints. 
Foo 1. _Gigantea. a testaccous-yellow. 
Inti Earp p ae 
It was de ih Bri- 
S44 
~ Minor, 
ah 
