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This probofcis, in mod: of the genera, is placed 

 in the head of the infect, in others, (as the Pfyl- 

 la, the Kermes and Coccus) in the breaft, be- 

 tween the firft and fecond pair of legs. 



In the third fe&ion, or Infefla Lepidoptera, 

 he agrees entirely with Linnaeus, as in his fifth, 

 the InfeMa Diptera 9 and his fixth, the lnfefta 

 Aptera. 



In the Divifion of thefe fe&ions into genera, he 

 differs very much from Linnasus, as will be fub- 

 fequendy fhewn„ 



Schasrfer, whodiffers effentiaUy from Linnseus, 

 and in fome things from Geoffroy, has divided 

 his infe<5ts into claffes, as follow ; 



/. Infefla Coleoptero-macroptera, or infects 

 whofe elytra are crnftaceous in their whole 

 length, and longer than the abdomen. 



This clafs comprehends the infects arr 

 ranged by Geoffroy under the firft article 

 of the Coleoptera. 



2. Infe&a Coleoptero-microptera, differing 

 from the former only in the length of their 

 elytra, which, in this clafs, are not fo long 

 as the abdomen. 



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