5<(S^ !FHE SPRINGTATL.' 



runs upon the fnow, but perilhes there as foon as it be- 

 gins to thaw f . 



Fodura atra tcrrejiris oJha J. This fpecies frequents 

 melon beds and hot-houfes ; where, on watering the 

 ground, numbers are feen jumping into the air like 

 atonas : They are the fraallefl of the podurae, and of a 

 ■white colour. 



f Dc Geer, Adles d'Upfal, 1740, p. 54. J Fauna Swcc. Gen. iv. 



