Phryganea; NEUROPTER A. 1 59 



transformations) ; thefe three proved all to be- 

 long to the firft family of Linnsean Phryganeae, 

 or the Perlae of Geoffrey. Another perfect in- 

 fect quitted the chryfalis on the fourteenth day 

 after its entering into that ftate, and two others 

 on the nineteenth day : the three laft proved all 

 to be Phryganese, of the fecond Linnasan divi- 

 fion, or the Phryganese of Geoffroy % the other 

 chryfalis perilhed without coming to perfection* 

 This circumftance, however, will, 1 prefume* 

 fcarce be deemed fufficient to form a generical 

 diftinction between the two infects, tho' when 

 added to the others before-mentioned, they 

 may jointly render the divifion of the Genus 

 into families, very proper. 



Scopoli has preferved the Linnsean Genus 

 intire, with the fame characters, as that] 

 author has affigned to them, but has taken 

 his divifion of it into families, from different j 

 circumftances. In his firft, the wings are in- 

 cumbent, in the other deflected. That author 

 has obferved, that one fpecies of the lezard is 

 exceedingly fond of the Phryganea, and that 

 the Phryg. Bicaudata Linn. Syft. Nat. No. r. 

 carries her eggs about with her, attached to the 

 under fide of her abdomen, as fome fpiders are 



likewife known to do. 



3 Scteeffer 



