much refembles, that, on a curfory view, it might 

 eafily be miftaken for fuch. It is not improbable that 

 in a recent ftate the colour may be rather green than 

 brownifh. : the fpecimens however which are brought 

 into Europe are generally of the tinge reprefented in 

 the plate. It is remarkable that this curious animal has 

 merely the rudiments of under or lower wings. It is 

 therefore not improbable that it may in reality be the 

 larva of fome fpecies not yet fully defcribed; or elfe 

 that it is a fpecies which is naturally apterous ; a cir- 

 cumftance of which feveral inftances occur, not only in 

 the clafs Hemiptera, but alfo in that of Coleoptera; as is 

 fufficiently proved in fome fpecies of Cimex 9 Carabus, 

 and others. 



