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1. A large black Capricorn Beetle, varie- 

 gated with a lighter hue. {Ceramhyx 



'^'Sutor, the female.) The horns were 

 longer than the body, black, consisting 

 of ten joints, each joint ash-coloured at 

 its base. Body black, rugged, its wing- 

 cases besprinkled here and there with 

 clustered dirty spots. Abdomen cylindri- 

 cal, covered towards the thorax with beau- 

 tiful red lice, (^Acarus coleoptratorum). 



2. A minute black fly, with a roundish 

 body and white wings, [Culex eqidnus). 

 This infested the horses in infinite mul- 

 titudes, running under their mane, and 

 attacking them with great fierceness, be- 

 ing not easily driven off. (See its figure 

 subjoined to the former.) 



3. A grey Gnat, with striated wings, a 

 blackish body, and black legs surrounded 

 with white rings. (Mentioned, in the 

 Fauna Suecica, as a large variety of 

 'Culex pipiens, the Common Gnat.) This 

 cruelly tormented me and my most 

 miserable horse. Its wings are whitish, 



