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EXPLANATION of the PLATE. 



Fig. i^ Antenna peclinate or feathered, as in moths-. 



Fig. 2. Antennae perfoliate. 



Fig. 3. Antennae lamellate, or divided into laminae 



Fig. 4. Antennae clavate, or ending in a knob. 



Fig. S* Antenna? moniliform or beaded. 



Fig. 6. Antennae fetaceous or briftly. 



Fig. 7. Antennae ariflate, or furnifhed with a lateral, hair. 



Fig. 8. 9. a. The head. b. Feelers, c. Antennae or horns, d. Eyes. 

 e. Thorax, f. Scutel. g. Bread. h. Sternum. 1. Abdomen 

 and its fegments. k. Tail. /. Shells, m. Membranaceous 

 under wings. «. Legs ciliate or formed for fwimming. 



Fig. 10. 0. Thigh, p. Shank or leg. q. Tarfus or foot. r. Claw. 



Fig. 11. a. Anterior j>art of the wing. b. Pofterior. c. Exterior. 

 d. Interior. e f Margin. f. Difk. g. Ocellate or eye-like 

 fpot. h. tail or procefs at the end of the wing. 



Fig. 12. Infedls in the egg (late. „ 



Fig. 13. Pupa chryfalis or nymph. 



Fig. 14. Larva, grub or caterpillar. , \ 



v Fig* l 5* A coleopterous infect, a. Shells or cruftaceous wings, 

 b. membranaceous or under wings. . f 



Fig. 16. An hemipterous infeel:. a. Semicruftaceous wing-cafes* 

 b. under membranaceous wings. 



Fig.ij. A lepidopterous infeel: with ocellate fpots on the wings, 

 the centre of which is the pupil, and the ring furrounding 

 it the iris. 



Fig. 18. A neuropterous infeel. a. Wings reticulate or veined. 

 b. bridles at the end of the tail. 



Fig. 19. An hymenopterous infeel. 



Fig. 20. A dipterous infeel. 



fig, 21. An apterous infeel. a* A chelate foot or claw* 



CHARACTERS 



