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 Patentes, wliich remaia honzontaf- 

 ly extended when the infecl: is at reft, 

 as in the Phalaenae Geometrae, and mofl 

 of the Libellulae. 



Incumbentes, fuch as cover horizon- 

 tally the fuperior pait of the abdomen. 

 when the infect is at refr. 



Deflexa, are Incumbentes, but not 

 horizontally, the outer edges declining 

 toward the fides. 



Reverja, are Deflexae, withthisad- 

 dition, that the.edge of the inferior 

 wings proje&s from under the anterior 

 part of the fuperior ones. 



DeHata-, in which the edge is fer- 

 rated, or fcolioped. 



Caudata', m which one or more pro- 

 jections in the hinder wings are extend- 

 ed into proceffes. 



Reticulatte, when the vefTels of the 

 wings put on the appearance of net- 



work. 



