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ternally appear, it is no fooner expofcd to the wind, tliaii 

 it blows before it like chaiT. 



It is wit'a the huHis of grain, after thej have ate the 

 fubflance, that theie animals are transformed into chry- 

 falids ; and when readj to come forth winged, they per- 

 forate their manrion, to make room for their efcape^; 

 Beans, peafe, oats, and othier kinds of grain, afford food 

 and a retreat to this tribe ; many of which alfo perforate 

 plants, and dwell in the interior parts ; forne of them 

 mine into the leaves of trees, devouring the parenchyma 

 that liea between the outward pcllicules. 



The green curculio *. This fpecies is of a bluifii 

 green, fllining with a fine refplendcnt fhade of gold, like 

 the neck of a pigeon ; The head, thorax, abdomen, and 

 feet, are all of this beautiful colour; the antennae are' 

 black, having the iall articiilatica longer thciii the refl= 



* Pclivert, Ga??, ». 77. 



