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colour above, inclining to dull greenish-blue ; 
sides and belly silvery; no spots on the sides ; 
under jaw a little longest. 
See MS. P. 
4.—4. Cosiris. Spec. 6. 
fenia, (groundling,) cirri six; a forked spine un- 
der each eye. 
heteroclita, (mudfish,) head without cirri; dorsal 
and anal fins spotted with white ; tail barred 
with black. 
See MS. P. 
8—5. CoccineLLa. Spec 164. 
heptapunctata, (tooth-ache lady-bug,) wing-cases 
red with seven black dots. Said to cure the 
tooth-ache, by mashing it between the fingers - 
and then applying it to the tooth. 
Remarks. ‘Twenty-eight species of this genus 
are distinguished by the number of dots on the 
elytra or shell wings ; and named by prefixing a 
latin numeral expressive of the number of dots, to 
punctata. 
 peaseee ese YP. 
8—7. Coccus. Spec. 46. 
cacti, (cochineal,) body depressed, downy, trans- 
versely wrinkled ; abdomen purplish ; legs 
short, black ; antennez subulate, a third shorter 
than the body. The female is the cochineal of 
the shops; which when ground is sold under 
the name carmine. 
See MS. P. 
14—1. CoLtpopa. Spec. 7. 
meleagris, (turkey feather,) changeable; fore part 
hooked, hind part folded up. 
See MS. P. 
