Microscopical Essays, 



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Reverse are alfo deflexae, with this addition, that the edges 

 of the inferior wing project from under the anterior part of the 

 fuperior one. 



Dentate, with fcolloped edges. 



Caudate ; in thefe fome of the fibres of the wing are ex- 

 tended beyond the margin into a kind of tail. 



Reticulata, when the veins or membranes of the wings put 

 on the appearance of net-work. 



The wings are further diftinguifhed by their Ornaments being 

 painted with fpots {macules), bands (fafcieej, ftreaks (Jlrigm): 

 when thefe are extended lengthways, they are called lines {Una) ; 

 and if with dots, punEtce ; one or more rings are termed eyes, 

 ocellus; if the fpots are fhaped like a kidney, they are termed 

 jtigmata* 



The elytra* or cruftaceous cafes of the wings, are extended 

 when the infea flies, and (hut when it refls, forming a longi- 

 tudinal future down the middle of the back; they are of various 

 fhapes, and are diftinguifhed by the following names : 



Ab re vi at A, when they are {horter than the abdomen. 



Truncata, when the extremity terminates in a tranfverfe 



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