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wood- work on which they are stationed, for a suc- 

 cession of times, mutually answering each other. 

 This noise, similar to the accelerated beating of a 

 watch, has occasioned their receiving the vulgar 

 name of death-watch. 



We find among the family of the Orthoptera, a 

 species of the genus Forficula — the earwigs — Forfi- 

 cula auricularia ; the body is elongated, ferruginous 

 brown, shining, with a reddish head; the female 

 guards her eggs with much care, as well as her 

 young, for a considerable time. 



Also, the well-known genus Blattce, or cockroaches. 

 Two species of the genus are very commonly known 

 here : 1st, the Blatta orientalis — the body of which is 

 of a deep brown colour, of a soft texture, head small, 

 almost triangular, elytra and wings a little longer than 

 the body; has six legs, feet spinous ; it sheds its skin 

 once a year, when it obtains wings, but does not 

 make much use of them. 2nd, the Blatta occidentalis 

 is a larger species of cockroach ; it is termed hard- 

 back ; a very disgusting looking animal. 



The animals belonging to the class Arachnides (or 

 spiders) differ from the Crustacea, in having their 

 respiratory organs always in the interior of the body ; 

 and also, from the insects in not undergoing a 

 metamorphosis. Some live on land, others in the 



