EXPLANATION of PLATE II. 



Fig. i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, reprefent the claffes of 

 Infe&s, page 70. 



Fig. 1. Coleoptera, fuch as have cruftaceous 

 Elytra, or Shells, which fhut together, 

 and form a longitudinal future down the 

 back of the infect, as in the Chafer„ 

 In moft infects of this clafs the Elytra 

 cover the Abdomen entirely ; in others 

 but partially, as in the Earwig, &c. 

 The word is derivcd from koAso?, a 

 Sheath, and wlifiavy a Wing. 



'%. H£MlPTERA,have their upper wings moft 

 commonly half cruftaceous, and half 

 membranaceous, not divided by a longi- 

 tudinal future, but incumbent on each 

 other; as in the Water-fcorpion and 

 Grafshopper. From ?f*«w, half, and 

 «fyor, a Wing. 



%. Lepidoptera, have four wings, cover'd 

 with fine fcales in the form of powder 

 or meaL* as m tne Butterfly and Moth, 

 from *£OT£, a Scale, and iflepov, a Wing. 



4.. Neuroptera, have four membraneous 

 tranfparent naked wings, generaliy re- 

 ticulated, with veins or nerves ; tail 

 without a fting, as in the Libellula or 

 Dragon-fly ; from «Sgov, a Nerve, and 

 wlfjjoe, a Wing. 



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