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sheaths, of a beautiful shining and golden green \ 

 the sheaths bordered with a dazzling gold colour ; 

 all the upper part of the body black ; the antennae, 

 the thighs and legs of a bright yellow ; to con- 

 clude, the tarsus of a deep yellow. 



Four other insects also presented themselves to 

 my view. One, which was four lines in length, was 

 a tenebrion. The corselet was rounded, convex, 

 and bordered, each sheath convex, so that theplace 

 of their junction was hollow; the body terminated 

 in an obtuse point ; the upper part of the head, of 

 the corselet and of the sheaths dotted with very 

 small points, more discernible upon the sheaths 

 than upon the head and the corselet. The insect 

 is entirely of a beautiful shining black *. 



The second species was a cricket, acrydium. Its 

 length was two inches two lines. The shining 

 eyes were striped with black and brown ; its beau- 

 tiful wings were gray and covered with several 

 spots, some yellow, and others orange-coloured. 

 The rest of the insect was variegated with yellow 

 and a yellowish green. 



* It is possible that the insects I now describe may have been 

 already indicated by some authors : but the uncertainty which, 

 remains from indicative terms, has often arrested me, and I 

 thought it was better to give a description, than to waste time in 

 making researches, respecting the greater or less degrees of pro- 

 bability in their applications, 



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