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Ocellus, is a round fpot, containing 

 a lefier fpot of a different colour in its 



center. 



Stigmata, another term lately intro- 

 dnced by Linnseus, fignifies the ipot, 

 or anaftamofis, in the middle of the 

 wing near the anterior margin ; it is 

 confpicuous in moft of the Hymenop- 

 tera and Neuroptera, and even in the 

 Coleoptera. The fingle or double kid- 

 ney-inaped fpot, fituated in the fame 

 part of the anterior wings, and fre- 

 quently occurring in the Phalaenae Pa- 

 ganae, is diftinguifhed likewife by the 

 .name of Stigma. 



Elytra, (in the fingular number 

 Elytron) the Upper Wings, which are 

 •„of a hard fubftance, in fome degree re- 

 fembling leatljer, and which in rnoft 

 infe&s are of a very hard texture, but 

 in, others flexible, : are cailed Elytra ; 

 *their fuperior furface is generaliy con- 



vex- 



