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Curculiones^ A Kind of Beetle, with 

 Antenna projedling from the End of a 

 I Trunk, or Probofcis. The common 

 I brown, the fnining brown, the purple and 

 1 black Curculiones, and the Weevil, which 

 J deftroys fo much Corn in Granaries, are 

 I of this Kind. 



Cermnhices^ Capricorn Beetles, are a Beetle 

 ;i with very long (lender-jointed Antennas ge- 

 ; nerally hanging over the Back ; they have 

 ;i long and fiender Bodies, and are fond of 



i Places in the Neio-hbourhood of Rivers, 



i , . 



i' Tiie great fweet fmelling Capricorn or 



I Mufk Beetle, by fome Authors more 

 particularly called Cerambyx, is a moft 

 beautiful Infedt ^ the others are of vari« 

 ous Colours, as grey, black, brown, gold- 

 coloured, and fome of a very beautiful 

 Violet Colour. The Capricorn Beetle is 

 a curious Specimen. 



Leptur^^ have four Wings, with An- 

 tennas oblong, (lender, and fetaceous-, 

 the exterior Wings are truncated at the 

 Extremity, and the Thorax is of a fub- 

 I 3 cylindric 



