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ORDER II. 



INSECTA HEMIPTERA. 



The mouth and probofcis of the infe&s 

 which compofe this order, are infledted 

 and bent inwards towards the breafi. 



The wings are hemelyiratce, or of a 

 fubftance lefs hard and ftrong than thofe 

 of the preceding order, but more fo than 

 the membranaceous ones of the following 

 orders; the upper wings are femi-coria- 

 ceous ; they do not meet together in a lon- 

 gitudinal future, as in the foregoing orde^ 

 but have fome part of their interior mar- 

 gins eroded, or laid one over the other, 

 above the abdomen. 



This order contains the following ge- 

 nera, viz. 



Genus I. Blatta. 



Linn. Syfl. Nat. Pag. 68 7. 



The head of the Blatta is infletfed. 



The antennx are fetaceous. 



The 



