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 PLATE XXXIV. 



FIG. I. 



CURCULIO BACHUS. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Wings two, covered by two fhells, divided by a longitudinal future. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae clavated, elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the Snout, 

 which is prominent and horny. Joints four to each foot. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shells, and Thorax purple with gold {hades ; fnout long, black. 

 Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 611. 38. Scktsff. Icon. Tab. 37. Fig. 13. Geoff, 

 Inf. 1. 270. 4. Sul. Hiji. Inf. Tab. 4. Fig. 4. 



Our figure reprefents the Curculio Bachus, as it appears before the 

 Speculum of an Opake Microfcope with a lens magnifying times. 



It is with this, as with many other fpecies of infects, and particu- 

 larly thofe of the Coleopterous Order, that unlefs they are in fome 

 meafure magnified, much of their beauty will remain hidden, and 

 much of their ftru&ure be enveloped in obfcurity. It is not perfectly 

 agreeable to our plan, and may admit of fome blame from our fub* 

 fcribers ; but when objects fo diminutive in fize, and fo complex in co- 

 lour, offer to our attention, and it is not poffible to reprefent them in 

 their natural appearance, or in a manner fatisfactory to ourfelves, we 

 muft have recourfe to the Microfcope for afiiftance. We confider 

 the confidence at prefent repofed in our accuracy, and attention, to 

 the natural fubje£ts, evident from the general patronage beftowed on 

 our attempt ; it is a fpur to our exertions, and we will endeavour, as 

 Well by our future, as prefent correctnefs, to deferve a continuation cf 



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