coLiimi. 



COI.OIH'S. 



ohaUy ariM tnm the want of aome rtandard 



by wiuah tha faanruans of character, may b* estimated. We find 

 piniaang .certain characters in common, 

 I aaoerUin what influence thase 

 r of the individual*. Inauch 

 i would be to judge of the 

 from it* laiaataiirj ; or, in other word*, to oon- 

 af moat importance, a* regard* daariinrtlon, 

 b toad in UM gratteat number of specie*, than specie* 

 agrama*] mar* or lc* in aom* other point*. 



U alTgroap. of aaimahi thara ar* howaver oertein typical character* 

 k* which all the apeaiai approach more or lea*, and which perh*p the 

 actually fiiafsas. Tba typical character, af a group, 

 i frua than, ought not therefore to be selected for 

 ral and equivalent group*. In tin- tWovpfero, for 

 th* typical atracture u to puasa** fire joint* to the teni ; 

 ' (rat Mction (the fntmmtr*) couaequently compriae* at 

 hart half th. apaoka and arreral dwtinct groups, each of which U 

 > ana of hi. other section*. 



to u*. baing guided by the point* above mentioned, that 

 ; eon tain, th* thirteen following distinct sections, 

 group* are not natural : 



All the Tani with five joint*. 

 (Mrptaaa, M'Leay. 

 S. //idraoVwya, M'Leay: 

 S. Arae&Wyfro, LatreiUe. 

 4. \tfrvfiafa, M'Leay. 

 4 Pftficunm, LatreiUe. 



7. AarMuri, Latreilla. 



the order Cklmftm 

 aod that Latrailw's 



Section 1 



n* jaiote to th* Tani of th* two anterior pain of leg*, and four to 



the posterior pair. 

 . /ftfervawro, Latreilla. 



All the Tarai with four joint*. 



10. a*e*aara, Latreille. 



11. itmfietrua, Latreilla. 

 11 CfJitm, Latreille. 



AH the Tani with three joint*. 

 11 Trimtn, Latnille. 



bar of apaoi** of Beatla* in existence may probably amount 

 " M 0aad40,00. 



Thai 

 tob 



Th. principal work* an tha CbfeopCsra are u follow* : Fabrioius 

 i, 4 Ijiiliaji EbotharBtorum ;' Olivier (A. T.), ' Kutomologie, ou 

 Hwtoir* NaturaB* da* Isaacta*,' five voU. folio, with coloured plate* ; 

 I'.ykul (Oa^tevu*), 'Fauna Soecica,' three voUv; Oyllenbal (I..), 

 ' 1 waste Hoacio*;' Schonhnr iC. J.i, ' Oenera et Specie* Curculi..ni 

 don.;' D.J.U, 'Hproe. CMn<ral de* CoMopUras < five volume* of 

 thi* work ar* pnbliahed, and contain descriptions of the genera and 

 a i BJ M of tha OmnUJm and OiciadaKda. Badde* thase, the work* of 

 Omnar, Illwar, MUirm. Knoeh, and DufUchmi.l may be conmlted ; 

 and tha ftbyfsra of oar own. country will be found described in 

 fltephans'. ' IlfuMratian. wf Britwh Entomology.' The works also of 

 OvtK Urhy and Spanea, Kartwood, Newman, and the Transaction* 

 of UM I ianaia awl Kotemolugical Kocietie*. m.jr b* consulted with 

 . 



OOLIBKI. TTiuK HILID.*,] 



OOL1 CH. [ Fk I XtULUP M*l 



COLLEMACE.E. u order in tha LichcnsJ Alliance proposed by 

 I >r. Liadby. having UM following char*. I .uarin* awi ; 



thalliu hirangiaiuQ*. gvUtinou*. or cartiUminou*. l>r. Lin.lley UM 

 frfaa no arrangvnwnt f the geoera and *pacie* of thi* order in hi* 



acatabU Kingdom.- (LlcWM.] 

 OLIXTMIA (frac* <AA, glu.), a gcnu* of Plant* U,lnging to the 

 lilial order Pfltmimiueti*. H ha* a cainpanuUte calyx, fccluft i.r 

 what 5-parted, the lobe* UnoeoUtc or linear, equal, cutir* ; the 

 oaraUa*l*er-*ha|i*d, with a alaodar muertod tube, ami a .piwlinir 

 (parted l.inl.. the ro,u oblong, entire; the *Umea* ituerted 

 toward, the middla ef the tub* ; the anther* orato-roundwh ; the 

 a*0. of th* eap.nl. l-wded. The iptoU* are annual herl*, with 

 . and 4*M* head. f lower*. They are all native* of 



* awvasisai 



CliaMru i* aa anct hranohad plant, clothe.1 with glandular hain 

 i orate-U.icn4.tr. qmte antir*. opaqu*, raniform, the ii|>|>a 



* "V i " J oupHOiapad. i irted ; oorolU m..r 

 thaa twioa as Ion*; a* UM caljri ; th* O.1U of tha eaprala 1-aaaded. 

 Th pbHrt U a aatrra of V.^rth AuMrica, fr-.m l^li. 



Z2 n i?T?Lt-' t 5'?!' r> ' U *? r " UW> * < raawsoloured 

 Hah. Th.*redaof Ifc- a. wril a. tha oth- .paab. , ooare,l witli 



1^'^JL < T!B T1^!J^ J 1 ^ ~*T iphted 

 On UM M*U baing plaoad in water the gum of the mucus i* 



4t g*" J - "T 1 *}*,.'$"*. *- up on th. M.rfM. O f tha ed. 



r Calwaua ar* .h..wy pUute. and may b* aacUy culti 



* . 



> be ttowu iij aii 



a. 



//,/.) 



COLLOPHOHA, a genus of PUuU belonging to the natural r<!< r 



pocynoww. One of the (pecie*. (/. <rti/u, yields caoutchouc, or a 

 substance analogous to it. 



! 1.1 ItK IXCLA. {LAHUJBA] 



COLLUKIO. [UKIADJL] 



CO'LOBUS, a genus of Quaclrumanous Mammalia (Cheiropeds of 

 Mr. Ogilby) e*tabli*hed by Illiger and adopted by U. Oeofiroy. The 

 Utter place* the geno* in the group of Singes C*Urrhins, or Monkey* 

 of the Old Continent; a group diativgniahed by haviiig their nostrils 

 eparatod by a very thin |>:>riition, :m.l by pomteaaing tivo^nohu- teeth 

 only on each sidu of the two jaws. 



The geniuf ha* the following characters : Facial angle from 40 to 

 45 degrees ; muzzle short.: face u*k<l ; body elongated and small ; 

 extremitie* alfinlcr; thu imbTior hands deprived uf a tliunil>; tlie 

 Bngen rather short ; the poatorior tluiinl. v<-ry .liMi.nt fi"iu the 

 fingers, and placed very much backwards ; tail longer than the body, 

 mall, and tufted at the end ; cheok-pouohea.; and callositie* on the 

 buttocks. 



The t'o/utt, which are supposed to be inhabitantfl of the Coast of 

 Guinea, seem to be in the Old World the representative* of A tele*, 

 whose locality i* South America. 



C. polycomot, Geoflroy, U the Simla polycomot of Schreber ; the 

 Simla comota of Shaw; the Quenon a Cainail of Buffon ; and the 

 Full Bottom of Pennant It is a very handsome species. The head 

 and upper part of the body are covered with hair, falling over the 

 boulders and forming a kind of hood and pelerine, from whence it 

 derives the name given to it by Uuffuti, while the reaemblanee of this 

 chcvelure to a wig determined Pennant to give it tin- I '.nidi-li name 

 above recorded. This ornament is composed of floating hairs, which 

 are yellow mingled with black ; the face is brown, and the rest of 

 the body U covered with very short close hair of a jet-black, a colour 

 which *eta off the snow-white tail, which is much longer than the 

 body and not prehensile. In this last particular, in the possession of 

 cheek pouches, and in other characters, it diflers from Atdr*; while 

 in some points, and especially in the absence of the thumb in tha 

 anU-riur bauds, it resembles it much. 



hull lUHium (CWut>ujN/fy>x). 



It inli:il.i(, ill, t.,rr^t cif Si. rni Leone, where the natives give it the 



name of the ' Kin ..!' the Monkeys' (Uoi de* Singe*), apparently, wija 



Daamanat, on account of the beauty of its coloiuw, n<l it* ' camail,' 



which represent* a sort of diadem. They attach great value to it* 



which they make ornament*, and they apply it to various 



tf. falfamut, Scbmlier, with the head and ahouldcrs covered with 

 long coamc flowing hair, of a dirty yellowish colour, mixed with 

 l.Uck ; body, arms, and legs of a fine glosay blackness, covered with 

 short hair ; tail of a snowy wbitcncM, with v< TV l"iig hair at the end, 

 funning a tuft. (I'euuant) Locality, Sierra Leone. 



