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fometiraes green with a glofs of gold ; body golden ; legs 

 dufky. 



NiTiDULA. Green bronzed; (hells teftaceoiis; anten- 

 j)x black. This iViecics has been fometimes defcribed as he- 

 longing to the Enjrlifli infefls ; but GmeUn defcribcs it as 

 inhabiting the Cape only. 



CoLLARi.s. Black; crown, thorax, and legs ferrugi- 

 nnus i the fhells are of an azure colour. This is a large in- 

 fe£l, and is found in the fouthern parts of Ruffia. The 

 aiUennae are ferruginous ; edge of the thorax a little black. 

 The male is as fmall again as the female. 



GiGAS. Azure; bread ferruginous ; it inhabits Guinea. 

 The fizi of this infeft is about the fame as that of the L. 

 Tcficatoria ; one fcx has the fiiells (triatCj but in the other 

 they are fmooth. 



Syriaca. Villous, green-bh.ie ; thorax rounded and 

 ferruginous. It inhabits the fouthern parts of Europe. 



RuFicoLLis. An inhabitant of the Eaft Indies. Glabrous, 

 green-gold ; thorax rufous, tapering before. 



Testace.v. Above teltaceous; flieils with a large oblong 

 blaek fpot near the tip. It inhabits Tranquebar. The 

 head is teftaceous ; mouth and antennae black ; thorax punc- 

 tured and tellaceous ; fhdls fmooth ; body black. 



Festiva. Shining bratfy-green ; fliells tellaceous with 

 fpots of bralfy-green. The body is entirely green bronze ; 

 fpot on the fhe'ls varying. Inhabits Siberia. 



Margixata. Black ; margins of the (hells pale cine- 

 reous ; inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; above opaque, 

 beneath cinereous. 



VlTTATA. Shells black, with a yellow margin ; an in- 

 habitant of America. By fome entymologi.ls this is de- 

 icribed as the Cantharis vittata. Head yellovvilh ; crown 

 with two black fpots ; thorax black, with three yellow lines ; 

 abdomen and legs black. 



Atrata. Body black, immaculate ; inhabits Barbary, 

 and is the Meloe pennfylvanica of fome writers. About 

 half t+ie fize of the Vittata, and entirely of a deep black. 



Erytiiroceph.'^la. Bhck ; head tellaceous ; thorax 

 and (hells wiih cinereous lines. This fpecies is found in 

 feveral parts of Auftria ; the head is tellaceous, with a 

 black hue "down the middle ; mouth black ; thorax \ chan- 

 nelled. 



OtULATA. Bhick, with a yellow callous dot behind the 

 eyes ; inhabits Guinea. Body entirely black immaculate ; 

 behind the eyes on each lide is a large raifed yellow dot. 

 Female apterous, (hells abbreviated. 



DuBlA. Black ; crown fulvous; thorax and (liells imma- 

 culate. Inhabits Siberia ; and is the Meloe algiricus of 

 fome entomologills. 



Afha. Black; thorax rufous ; this fpecies is found in 

 Africa ; and is the Cantharis afraof Olivier. 



H.SMORKHOiDAl-is. Biackifli blue ; end of the abdomen 

 rufous ; the antennai are black ; head and thorax villous ; 

 body blueifh. 



QuAniUM.vcUL.\TA. Black, glabrous; bread downy; 

 flieil? yellowilh-grey, with two black and ;Jnioll fquare fpots. 

 A native of the northern parts of Aii.i ; is found among 

 flowers ; and it exudes a very pieaiant Imelling oil from its 

 legs. This is a circumllance attaching likewile to the 



Fen E'iT RATA, which is glabrous, pale tellaceous; thorax 

 dopreffed ; Ihells giey tipt with black, have two Iquanlh 

 livahne fpots ; found alfo in the Afiatic parts of Siberia, 

 chiefly amon>; floivers. 



Clematidis. Black, with a fteel-blue g'ofs ; (hell pale 

 tetlaceous.immaculate ; found on the clematis in Siberia. 



UnAf-ESsis. Black, opaque, glabrous; this is often con- 

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founded with the Atrata above defcribed, and is not 

 fufTiciently diftinft from it. An inhabitant of Siberia. 



SiEluicA. Black, opaque, glabrous ; (hells edged with 

 white ; head red ; eyes, mouth, and antenna black. Is 

 found on the lotus in divers parts of Siberia. Middle joints 

 of the antennse, ia the male, coraprcfled and armed with a 

 tooth. 



LuTEA. Black, woolly ; (hells ventricofe, fubcom- 

 prelTcd, pale yellow with fix black dots. Inhabits Siberia. 



OctLLATA. Black, woolly ; legs teftaceous ; head, tho- 

 rax, and fiiells yeHowi(h, the latter with fix ocellate black 

 fpots in tjie middle. Inhabits the Cafpian fea, and has 

 been defcribed particularly by Pallas. Like the " Four- 

 fpotted'" and " Feneilrata" it exudes an agreeable oil from 

 its legs. 



Pectinata. Antennx peiftinate ; body black; front 

 red. It inhabits Siberia. 



ClNNAB.\RlNA. Black ; thorax above, (hells, and head 

 on each fide red. Inhabits Carnioia. 



Rui'A. Black ; head rufous. Inhabits Carnioia. 



SuBViLLOSA. Yellowifh fubvillous ; antennje tapering. 

 Is found in many parts of France. 



BicoLou. Tellaceous ; (hells tipt with black. Inhabit* 

 France. 



FoR.MicARiA. Brown; the fore-part of the elytra, and 

 the thorax, which is elongated, are red. This is found in 

 France and other parts of Europe. 



PuBEscEXS. Black ; head and thorax pubefcent ; (hells 

 yellow, with a ferruginous fpot on each fide behind ; this 

 infeft has been found only in mufeums by modern natu- 

 ralills. 



Ferrugikea. Ferruginous ; head and thorax rufous ; 

 (liells brown teltaceous at the bafe. Inhabits various parts of 

 Europe. 



LYTTELTON, George, Lord, in Biography, was>the 

 eldelt fon of fir Thomas Ly ttelton, hart, of Hagley, in Wor- 

 cefterfhire.where he was born in .Tanuary i / 08-9. He was edu- 

 cated at Eton, from which place he was removed to Chrift- 

 churchcollegc, Oxford. He was froman early age diilinguilheJ 

 for his proficiency in clalTical learning, and fome of his poems 

 WL-i-e the fruit of his youthful lludies. Wt^en he had com- 

 pleted his courfe at Oxford, he fat out upon a tour to the 

 continent, and his letters to his father during his abfence arc 

 replete with remarks dilplaying folid judgment and found 

 principles, while, at the fame time, they afford a moil plea- 

 fing example of filial affeiflion and duty, joined with the un- 

 referved CO! Sdence of intimate friendlliip. During his refi- 

 dence abroad, he wrote a poetical epiille to Dr. Ayfcough, 

 which is thought to be one of the belt of his works, and 

 another to Pope, elegantly complimentary of that great 

 poet. Upon his return from the continent, he was chofcn 

 reprefentative, in parliament, for the borough of Oakhamp- 

 ton. At this time his father was a iupporter of the exilling 

 miniflry under Walpole. The fon, animated with that pa- 

 triotic ardour, which fcarcely ever fails to infpire the bolom 

 of virtuous and liberal youth, and which it is alrroil difcre- 

 ditable tor a young man not to feel, took a contrary i>art, 

 and diilinguiflied himlelf among the oppofers of adniiniltra- 

 tlon. His name is to be found among ihofe of the minority 

 in almod every important debate, and he zealoully con- 

 curred in every meafure adopted by Pulteney, Pitr, and other 

 leaders of that party. In 1735 he publidied his " Perfian 

 I^otters," of which it appears, by the teilimony of Dr. 

 Warton, he was ratlier aihamed at the clofe of life. Mr. 

 Lvttclton obtained the notice and friendOiip of Frederic 

 prince of Wales, and was appointed fecretary to his royal 

 highnefs ; by his inlligation it is imagined the prince alfumed 



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