COLfioPTEP.OUs IN3ECTS. 355. 



CHx^PTER IL 



OrdzPv l.— Cohoptercus InfeSls. 



x. HIS order comprehends all thofe infefts which have 

 their wings covered bj cruflaceons elytra, and is divided 

 info three fe^iionSj dKlInguIiliable by their anteniice: The 

 firfl includes fuch as hav'e their aatennce in the form of a 

 club, thickeft at the farther extremity ; the fecond com- 

 prehends thofe whofe antenna; are ialiform, or of equal 

 tliicknefs throughout ; and the third is referved for thofe 

 infc£ls that have cetaceous antennce, tapering from the 

 bafe to their extreme points. There are thirty genera of 

 coleopterous infects enumerated by Linnj:i:s, which in- 

 clude under them about eight hundred different fnecies *, 

 Yy 2 



* Vide Syftern. Nutv.ra?, p. 541, et Ln. 



