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part of il.e ihorax ; inieanae of die male plumofe. In the 

 lakes of Europe. ,,,,/, r . 



NUkci. Black, fmooth; w.th black.fh wings; forc- 

 -l.iKhs furrowed inwards. In the dunghills and putrefcent 

 foil of Europe : probably a variety of hortulana ? 



Tiiom.t:. Black, fmooth ; with black wings ; fides ot 

 the .ibdomen marked with a faffron line. At Upfal. 



CiiRVSANTilEMl. Black, fmooth ; the abdomen red at 

 rhe bafc ; the antennx incraflated, pilofe. On the chryfan- 

 thomus coronarius of Spain. 



FEunuciN ATA. Black, fmooth ; brown wnngs ; abdomen 

 brown-ferruginous. South of Europe. 



lonANNis. Black, fmooth ; white wings ; black point ; 

 (hort antennae ; black legs. In fhady parts of Europe. 



P0.MOV.B. Black, fmooth ; hyaline wings ; black point ; 

 ferruginous thighs. In the plains of England and 

 Norway. , 



RuFicoLMs. Black, fmooth; red thorax. At the 

 Cape of Good Hope. , , , n. 



Brevicornis. Black, fmooth ; with wings blackifh at 

 the margin ; abdomen brown ; fore-flianks fpinofe. In the 

 fhady gardens of Europe. 



PuTRls. Brown ; the bafe of the wings cinereous. In 

 the teeming foil at the commencement of fpring. 



Febrilis. Black, oblong, hairy ; with blackiih wings. 

 An European infeft in clofe places. 



Insularis. Black, hairy ; with ferruginous legs, hinder 

 elongated. 



FoRciFATA. With cylindric black abdomen ; wings 

 brown-hyaline ; anus appendiculated. An Englifh infeft. 



Vern'aks. Cinereous ; thorax black-hneated ; white 

 wings fpotted with brown. In meadows of Denmark. 



Flobilega. Black, filken. On the apple-flowers of 

 Europe, which it deftroys. 



HoRTULANA. With hyaUne wings ; exterior margin 

 black. In the flowers of afparagus and apple. 



Phal^inoides. With wings deflexed, cinereous, ovate- 

 knceolated, cihated. In the walls of dunghills and mixens 

 of Europe. 



HiRTA. Hairy ; with wings deflexed, ovate-ciliated, 

 teffellated with white and black. In Lapland. 



Persicarije. Black ; with wings incumbent, fubci- 

 liated ; under the leaves of the peach-tree. 



Notata. Black ; with white wmgs ; with a white fpot 

 in tiront of the fides of the abdomen. In Europe. 



JuNiPEKlNA. Cinereous ; with white wings ; margin 

 villous ; found in the juniper. 



CULICIFORMIS. Cinereous, with pallid legs ; wings 

 marked with two blackilh fpots. At Upfal. 



Incarnata. Incarnated ; with moderate antennae. At 

 Upfal. 



Palustris. Pallid ; black head ; reddifti abdomen. In 

 marflies of Europe. 



LoNGicoRNis. With antennae longer than the incarnated 

 body. In moifl: places of Europe. 



Ro'FiPES. Black ; with red legs ; wings black in the 

 middle ; yellowifli at the bafe. North of Europe. 



Stictica. Black ; fegments of the abdomen white at 

 the apex ; wings with a brown point. In Germany. 



Pallida. Pallid, pilofe ; legs punftated with black. 

 In Germany. 



Hafxiensis. Brown ; lateral line of the thorax and 

 legs whitifli, unfpotted. 



Flabellicornis. Pallid ; abdomen annulated vsrith 

 black ; wings fpotted. Germany. 



BiPUNCTATA. Brown ; wings cinereous ; marginal 

 point white. Found in Europe. 



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Slricea. Black ; back black ; fides of the thorax 

 bare ; balancers yellow. In Sweden. 



MiNLfTissiMA. Yellow ; eyes concurring in the vertex 

 black. In the ditches of Sweden and Auftria. 



PuLicARis. Black ; fides of the thorax, fcutellum, and 

 abdomen yellow. In the ditches of Europe. 



Pennicornis. With antennae bipeftinate ; black body; 

 halteres, or balancers, white. In the flowers of ai-illolochia 

 clematis. 



ScATHOPSE. Black ; antennae moniliform ; with wings 

 incumbent hyaline. In the privies of Auftria. 



Buxi. Yellow ; head and thorax black ; wings brown 

 incumbent. In the box-tree of Europe. 



Berberina. With wings incumbent, fuliginous ; 

 fpotted white at the bafe and margin. In the excrefcences 

 of the barbery. 



LuTESCENS. Yellowifh ; three brown fpots on the back ; 

 antennas plumofe. Found in Europe. 



Trifasciata. Ferruginous ; with three bands on the 

 wings. In Europe. 



Multicolor. Yellowifh body ; greenifh abdomen ; 

 white wings with a brown band. As before. 



Alba. Grey ; with white wings and abdomen ; the 

 apex of the latter brown. As before. 



Carsonabia. Black ; legs ferruginous ; wings hya- 

 line. As before. 



Plumicornis. Brown ; antenna brownifh-plumofe ; 

 legs yellowifh. As before. 



DiCHROA. Black ; legs ferruginous. As before. 



Leucoptera. Brown ; apex of abdomen and legs pale 

 yellowifh ; wings white. As before. 



Moschifera. Wings cinereous ; thorax and abdomen 

 yellow. Found in Chili. 



TIPULA Wasp. See Wasp Tipula. 



TIQUADRA, in Ancient Geography, one of the fmall 

 iflands fituated near the Balearic iHands, near the town of 

 Palma. 



TIQUINA, in Geography, a town of Peru, in the dio- 

 cefe of La Paz ; 55 miles N.N.W. of La Paz. 



TIR, a town of Perfia, in the province of KhorafFan ; 

 40 miles N. of Herat. — Alfo, a town of Perfia, in the pro-' 

 vince of Farfiftan ; 50 miles N.E. of Schiras. 



TIRABOSCHI, GiROLAMO, ylbate, in Biography, 

 author of the beft hiftory of Italian literature which that 

 country, fertile in men of learning, talle, and talents, has 

 produced. He was born at Bergamo in 1 731, and is 

 ftyled Cava/iere by his biographer, and the lail editor of 

 his Hiftory, in a life prefixed to the index of the fecond 

 edition, publiflied at Modena in 1794. He had his educa- 

 tion in the Jefuits' college from fifteen till the abolition of 

 the order. He was profeffor of eloquence in the univerfity 

 of Brera at Milan till the year 1770, when he was appointed 

 prxfeft of the Efte library at Modena, by the intereft of 

 count Firmian. He firft diftinguifhed himfelf, after this 

 appointment, by a new edition of the Italian and Latin 

 Vocabulary of Mandofio ; which work was almoft wholly 

 new written by him, and correfted and augmented with 

 the moft refined purity of the two languages ; and the 

 Latin and Italian orations which he dehvered publicly at 

 Milan, two of which were printed, and eftabhfhed his 

 reputation for eloquence. 



He dift;inguilhed himfelf during the firft years of his prae- 

 feftorfhip of the duke of Modena's library, by drawing 

 up a new catalogue of the manufcripts, books, medals, 

 gems, and rarities of that celebrated library, and com- 

 piled the firft volume of his Hiftory of Italian Literature, 

 publifhed in 1771, which manifefted fuch tafte and folid 



learning 



