CHAPTER IIIc 



Section I. 



Order II Hemiptera. 



Vv E are now come to the order of hemipteroiis infeds, 

 which comprehends the different kinds of locufts and 

 graihoppers, and, in general, all thofe animals whofe an- 

 tenna are fetaceous, and heads infledled. Their elytra 

 and wings are extended, fmooth, and femicoriaceous ; 

 being of a fubftance fomewhat like vellum. The thcrax 

 is horizontally flattened, of an orbicular form, and mar- 

 ginated round the extremities : The feet are formed, in 

 mofl: fpecies*, for running ; and the abdomen is terminated 

 by two fmaJl appendices refembling horns. They are 

 termed hemptera, becaufe only half of their wings ap- 

 pear when in a flate of reft : They do not then meet to- 

 gether in a longitudinal future like thofe of the lalt order, 

 but have fome part of their interior margins crofted, or 

 Jdid one over the other, above the abdomen. 



• Pedes curforii, Lin. Syft, 



