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Of a Scarabce InfeS 



CHAP. IX. 



A finall InfeEt of the Scarabee Kind 

 found upon the Narciffus. 



Pi ate v. T\/r R - R^umur obferves very well, 

 %, 8. 9, IVi j n t h e fifth Memoir of his 

 j°" l u natural Hiftory of Infedts, that the 

 i4* f Duft found upon the Wings of the 

 papilionaceous Kind, is properly to 

 be called, and has in Effe& more 

 of the Nature of Scales, than Fea- 

 thers. Thus tho' they contribute 

 to flrengtheri the Wing, and in that 

 fenfe are of fervice to the Butterfly, 

 yet they feem as much defigned for 

 Ornament as for any real Ufe. A 

 fmall Infedt of the Scarabee Kind, 

 which I found feeding upon the 

 Farina fecundans of the Narcifus, 

 may ferve to confirm this Obferva- 

 tion, and in this Particular is, I 

 believe, Angular in its Kind, having 

 never obferved it in any of that 

 Sort before. The whole outward 

 Surface of the Body of this Infedt was 

 adorned and covered with Scales, 

 as delineated Plate V. Fig. 13. 1.4. 

 1 5. but thofe on the Thecae of its 

 Wings were gf different Colours, 



