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PLATE XXXIV. 

 FIG. I. 



CURCULIO BACHUS. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Wings two, covered by two fhells, divided by a longitudinal. future. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae clavated, elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the Snout, 

 which is prominent and horny. Joints four to each foot. 



SPECIFIC CHARACtER. 



Shells, and Thorax purple with gold fliades ; fnout long, black, 

 Linn, Syji. Nat. 2. 6li. 38. Sckeeff, Icon. Tab. 37. Fig. 13. Geojffl 

 Inf. I. 270. 4. Sul. Htji. Inf. Tab. 4. Fig. 4. ^ 



Our figure reprefents the Curculio Backus, as it appears before th^ 

 Speculum of an Opake Microfcope with a lens magnifying times. 



It is with this, as with many other fpecies of infers, and particu- 

 larly thofe of the Cdeopterous Order, that unlefs they are in fome 

 meafure magnified, much of their beauty will remain hidden, and 

 much of their ftrudlure be enveloped in obfcurity. It is not perfeftly 

 agreeable to our plan, and may admit of fome blame from our fub- 

 fcribers ; but when objects fo diminutive in fize, and fo complex in co- 

 lour, offer to our attention, and it is not poflible to reprefent them in 

 their natural appearance, or in a manner fatisfadtory to ourfelves, we 

 mufl have recourfe to the Microfcope for afliftance. We confider 

 the confidence at prefent repofed in our accuracy, and attention, to 

 the natural fubje<fts, evident from the general patronage befto wed on 

 our attempt ; it is a fpur to our exertions, and we will endeavour, as 

 well by our future, as prefent corre^efs, to deferve a continuation of 



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