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colour above, inclining to dull greenish -blue ; 

 sides and belly silvery ; no spots on the sides ; 

 under jaw a little longest. 

 See MS. P. 



4. 4. COBITIS. Spec. 6. 

 tania, (groundling,) cirri six ; a forked spine un- 

 der each eye. 



heteroclita, (mudfish,) head without cirri ; dorsal 

 and anal fins spotted with white ; tail barred 

 with black. 

 See MS. P. 



8 5. COCCINELLA. Spec 164. 

 hcptapunctata, (tooth-ache lady-bug,) wing-cases 



red with seven black dots. Said to cure the 



tooth-ache, by mashing it between the fingers 



and then applying it to the tooth. 



Remarks. Twenty-eight species of this genus 

 are distinguished by the number of dots on the 

 elytra or shell wings ; and named by prefixing a 

 latin numeral expressive of the number of dots, to 

 punctata. 



See MS. P. 



8 7. Coccus. Spec. 46. 

 cacti, (cochineal,) body depressed, downy, trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; abdomen purplish ; legs 

 short, black ; antennse subulate, a third shorter 

 than the body. The female is the cochineal of 

 the shops ; which when ground is sold under 

 the name carmine. 

 See MS. P. 



14 i. COLPODA. Spec. 7. 

 meleagris, (turkey feather,) changeable: forepart 

 hooked, hind part folded up. 



See MS. P. 



