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vous, the anterior pair the longest ; tibiae clavate ; tarsi and 

 ungues very short and minute. Length |. 



Communicated also by Francis Billam, Esq. This spe- 

 cies is easily overlooked from its minuteness and the slender 

 form of its body, which gives the Insect no unapt resem- 

 blance to a small particle of straw. Were it not for the fear 

 of being accused of a fondness for innovation, I should have 

 proposed the establishment of a new Sub-genus, Micropus, 

 for this species, which differs so very materially from the pre- 

 ceding, not only in the structure of the antennae, which is 

 greater than in any other instance with which I am ac- 

 quainted, between two species of the same genus, but also 

 in the character of the tibia and tarsi, the former of which 

 in the Gyropus Ovalis has a peculiar twisted appearance, 

 which in this is flat and broad. The ungues in the former 

 species is very large and striking, while in the one under 

 consideration, it is so minute as scarcely to be visible without 

 a close investigation. 



" These wait all upon thee that thou mayest give them their meat in due 



season. 

 That thou givest them they gather, thou openest thine hand they are filled 



with good. 

 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled, thou takest away their breath, 



they die and return to their dust. 

 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the 



face of the earth. 

 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them 



all." PSALM civ. 



