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Some (Leptura, Cicindela) inhabit wild com- 

 mons, the margins of pools, marshes, and ri- 

 vulets ; and are likewise seen creeping on flags, 

 reeds, and all kinds of water-plants. 



Multitudes (Carabus) live under stones, moss, 

 rubbish, and wrecks near the shores of lakes 

 and rivers. These are found also in bogs., 

 marshes, moist places, pits, and holes of the 

 earth, on stems of trees; and in an evening 

 they crawl plentifully along pathways after a 

 shower of rain. 



Some (Forficula or Earwigs) may be disco- 

 vered in the hollow stems of decayed umbelli- 

 ferous plants^ and on many sorts of flowers and 

 fruits. 



II. Insects of the second Order (HEMI- 

 PTERA) are found about (Blatta) bake-houses, 

 corn-mills, in ships, and in all places where meal 

 is kept; on grass (Mantis, Gryllus, Fulgora, 

 Cicada, Cimex), and all kinds of field herbage. 

 Some (Notonecta, Nepa) of these frequent ri- 

 vers, lakes, and standing pools. 



III. The third Order (L.EPIDOPTERA) in- 

 cludes Butterflies and Moths. In the day, 



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