OF INSECTS. 9 



(linece) lines, and with points or dots 

 punffia. 



They are marked with Jligmates, or 

 fpots, fhaped like kidneys, and adorned 

 with ocelli, or eyes, which confift of one 

 or more rings {the iris) enclofing a fpot 

 (the pupil J which in general is of a diffe- 

 rent colour from the iris ; thefe are either 

 in their upper or under wings, and on the 

 upper or under fides of the wings. 



The elytra, or <wing-cajes, are two in 

 number, of a cruftaceous fubftance, and 

 cover the under wings $ they are for the 

 moil part moveable, asnd are either 



truncated, cut off at their extremity in a 

 diredt line. 



Spinous, with fpines or pointed elevations, 

 Or 



Serrated, with the exterior margin edged 

 with fpines, or teeth, like a faw. 



Their 



