27- CochineUa parva fulva immaculata. Small Buff Lady-Cow ; 

 a very fmall beetle without fpots. On the lime trees in St. James's 

 Park, about the end of Auguft. Mr. Dandridge. 



28. Cocbinelia parva lutea, rrtaculis plurimis nigHs afperfis. 

 Dandridge's fmall, Spotted Yellow Lady-Ccw, are of the leait fize, 

 having pale (heaths, with about twenty fpecks, befides thofe on 

 its back or moulder:. Caught by him in April, between Black- 

 heath and Eltham. 



29. CochineUa parva lutea, maculis & meandris nigris. Dan- 

 dridge's Blotted Yellow Lady-Cow ; fize of the laft, but the fpots 

 and turnings large, each colour equally mixed. Found in Cain- 

 Wood. 



30. CochineUa parva lutea, maculis oblohgis; Petiver's Long- 

 fpotted Yellow Lady-Cow ; one of the fmallelt fort ; its ground 

 ftraw colour, as its head, but moulder black ; its Iheaths fprinkled 

 with large longifh black fpots. 



GEN. II. Spotted Cochineel, on a black ground. 



31. CochineUa nigra parva, fex maculis fanguineis. True 1 

 Englim Cochineel; the ground black, the two fpots next the 

 head much the largeft, the two middle ones lefs, and at the tips 

 very fmall. This fcarcely differs from the true American Cochi- 

 neel, but is fomewhat lefs. 



32. CochineUa nigra parva tetramaculata Gaz. 69. 10. Four- 

 fpotted Englim Cochineel. Want the two (pots at the tail, other- 

 wife the fame. Both pretty common, and I believe male and 

 female. On rofe-trees, about Sept. with No. z6. 



33. CochineUa nigra parva, maculis plurimis croceis. This and 

 the next I have feen with Mr. Dandridge. 



34. CochineUa nigra parva, maculis plurimis lutefcentibus. 

 This and the laft I take to be male and female. 



35. CochineUa fimaria nigricans, apicibus fubrubris. Size of 

 No. 31. Found in cow-dung in the fpring. 



GEN. III. Longifh Cochineel, with or without fpots. 



36. CochineUa oblonga crocea, major, tetramaculata. Long 

 Spotted Lady-Cow. Sheaths tawny, with two black fpots near the 

 moulders, and two in the middle larger ; its head wholly black. 

 Found in Cain Wood, on the oak and hafel, moll part of the year. 



37. CochineUa Occidentalis oblonga, rubra, tetramaculata Gaz. 

 21. 5. Glanvill's Cow-Lady, with four fpots. The ground of 

 this is of a briflc red ; the four black fpots very large, confidering 

 the fize of the Beetle. Caught in the Welt of England. 



38. CochineUa oblonga media, maculis nigris pi urimis. Scara- 

 ieeolus oblongus aureus, maculis tredecim in vaginis ornatus Gaz. 

 29. 9. Six fpots On each wing, and one on the filfure ; its moulders 

 black, with yellow edges. 



39. CochineUa oblonga media, maculis nigris paucioribus. 

 Same fize with the laft, but has three or four fpots only on each 

 (heath, towards the back, and none near the tail. Both found in 

 Cain Wood. 



40. Cocbinelia oblonga, minima, maculis plurimis exiguis. Dan- 

 dridge. This is lefs than the Water-Flea (G. N. 13. 9.) and has 

 at leaft twenty fpecks on its Iheaths, befides thofe on his (houlder. 

 Found about Hornfey in May. 



41. CochineUa crocea major immaculata, dorfo Chalybeate. 

 Great Buff Cow-Lady. On willovO-trees in Cain and Bifhop's Wood. 



42. CochineUa crocea, media, immaculata. Leffer Buff Cow- 

 Lady. The moulders flatter and furrowed ; the body fmaller; 



43. CochineUa media Chalybeata, marginibus croceis. Saffron- 

 lifted Steel Cochineel. Size of the laft ; edges of the (heaths fel- 

 vedged with orange J the reft and head like polimed (leel. Dr. 

 Hans Sloan found this on a fort of Linaria> in a garden at En- 

 field, in September. 



SECT. IIL Monachi* or Monk-Beetles, come next to the 

 Cochineels, but are flatter, larger, and almoft fquare ; the 

 Horns jointed, but thickeft at the ends. To thefe we fubjoin 

 the Testudinarii, or Tu rtl es, being very near of a kind. 



44. Monachus niger, rugofus major, fcapulis croceis. Saffron- 

 coloured Monk. Same fize with the next ; (heaths black, ribbed, 

 and as it were wrinkled ; moulders or cowl orange, and fometimes 

 black in the middle: which may be male and female. Found 

 in the fand-pits by Woolwich in April. 



45. Monachus niger laevis Nobis. Scarabaeus Viarius niger, 

 vaginis fulcatis Gaz. 23. 10. Black, Smooth Monk. Both hood 

 and (heaths wholly black ; the laft fcarce difcernibly ribbed, with 

 a welted brim or edge. Found in path-ways near corn-fields. 



46. Monachus medius niger, ftriatus. Black, Ribbed Monk j 

 lefs than the laft ; its moulders meafled, with divers ribs alon°- 

 its (heath. 



47. Monachus medius* niger, rugofus Nob. Scafabaius Carni- 

 <vorus niger, vaginis fulcatis ac rugofis Gaz. 23. 11. Rugged 

 Black Monk ; frzeof the laft, but differs in having rough, meailed 

 or fpotted (heaths between the ribs. I have found thefe and the 

 iaft vi the bowels of dead pole-cats and weafels. 



48. Monachus niger lams, roftro oblongo. Smooth Snouted 

 Monk. This and the next differ from the foregoing and Turtle- 

 Beetles, in having an exerted fnout. 



49. Monachus niger ftriatus, roftro oblongo. Rib SnoutedMonk; 

 lefs than the laft, with ftreaked (heaths, but fmooth hood. 



50. Teftudinarius Hamftedknjis tetramaculatus Gaz. 12. 2. 

 Lady-Cow Turtle. Its (heaths buff, with four black fpots ; the 

 cowl black, with buff brims. In Cain Wood. 



51. Teftudinarius viridis Lift. fig. 116. p. 286. id. Angl. p. 113. 

 Green Turtle; wholly green; found in Cain Wood, not 

 common. 



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52. Teftudinariui aureus, guttulis nigris afperfis Gaz. 29. 8» 

 Spotted Meadow Turtle ; fize of the laft, of a buff colour, fpeckled 

 with black. In a meadow near Woolwich. 

 ' 53. Teftudinarius fulvus nasvofus. Freckled Buff Turtle ; fize 

 of the laft ; the Iheaths roughifli and freckled. 



54. Teftudinarius fulvus minor nsevofusi Small, Freckled, Buff 

 Turtle; like the laft, but lefs and fmoother. Both Mr. Dandridge's* 



CAP. II.— S carab^i Antennis Geniculars, 

 Beetles with Jointed Horns. 

 Of which Kinds are the Cantharidtti Goat*Ghaffets, 

 SECT. I. Cantharides, or Beetles with Tender Sheaths. 



1. f~yAntharis viridis verus; Cantharides Officinarum Dale 



Pharmacolog. 5 39^ 3; Mufca Hi/panica quibufdam. 

 Common Bliftering^BeCtle, called Spanifh Flies. The 

 firft found in England, that I know of, was caught near Clerken- 

 well church, 1696. by a gardener, Who ufed to bring me what 

 uncommon infefts he got ; and I do not remember an/ store 

 found, till 1706, or 7. and then many, within ten or twelve miles 

 of London, about Richmond, in fwarms, of a hundred or more 

 in a clufter: In the phyfick-garden at Chelfea, on the Phillyreas. 



2. Cantharis minor viridis. Four times fmaller than the fhop 

 kind, and very (lender; Found about Boxhill in May, and near 

 Peckham in July; I have alfo met with them at Hampfted Heath, 

 in Moufe-ear flowers; 



3. Cantharis minor viridis, cruribiis tuberofis. Found with 

 the laft, and differs only in having very thick thighs in its hinder 

 legs. Perhaps male and female. 



4. Cantharis minor viridis, apicibtis miniatis; Thicker and 

 (horter than the laft ; the (heaths tipt with fcarlen The firft time 

 I found this, was at the horfe-ferry againft Twickenham, Jan. 12. 

 1696. dnce feldom feen. 



5. Cantharis minor rubefcens, dorfo viridante!, Dandridge. 

 Sheaths reddifh, except a fmall part next the back and half-way 

 the (lit greenifh, as are its head and back, but face pale. 



6. Cantharis minor Cupreus. Of a beautiful copper luftre, and 

 feem pounced. Found in the marflies between Redriff and Dept- 

 ford in July. 



7. Cantharis azureus perelegans Gaz. 31. 2. Thefe are of a 

 beautiful blue luftre. Found about houfes in June and July. 



8. Cantharis media vulg. nigricans. I caught thefe, May 2I» 

 1696. in cditu ; and the next day they laid buff-coloured eggs in 

 a fingle chain or line. Frequent amongft Nettles. 



9. Cantharis minor nigricans. Much lefs than the laft, with 

 yellowim thighs, as the other are buff. 



10. Cantharis media vulg. fulva. This differs from No. 8. in 

 being moftly buff ; more common. Amongft Nettles in May and 

 June, when they are very falacious. 



1 1 . Cantharis minor fulva, apicibus nigris. Difttnguiflled from 

 the laft in being lefs, and its buff (heaths tipt with black, Appear 

 later than the three former. 



12. Cantharis citrina minor Dandridge. Differs in fhape from 

 all the former, In being rounder, and the tips of the fheaths 

 more pointed : it is of a fine lemon colour. Mr. Dandridge 

 found this on the Moth-Mullein, between Woolwich and Graves-* 

 end, the beginning of June. 



13. Cantharis Vefpeides cingulis anguftis pallidis Dandridge. 

 Gaz. 63. 7. This differs from the next, in being fomewhat larger, 

 the girdles pale and narrow, its legs and horns buff. Mr. Dan- 

 dridge caught this elegant Beetle in his own yard, Moor-fields. 



14. Cantharis Veffeides cingulis latioribus luteis Gaz. 73. 6. 

 The girdles in thefe are of a fair yellow, much broader, with a 

 remarkable ring next the head, and another above the (heath, 

 with a fpot to fupply the vacancy. Thefe differ fomewhat in fize, 

 which their fex may occafion. I have met with them amongft 

 Nettles. 



15. Cantharis Vefpbides parva, cingulis luteis Gaz. 73. c. 

 Pretty like the laft, but three times fmaller, and its Iheaths not fo 

 black. 



16. Cantharis Vefpoides obfolete marmoratus Dandridge. The 

 head, horns, legs, and a broad lift next the tip of the tail, are 

 black ; the other parts of the fhe,aths varioufly marbled with 

 darkiih colours. Mr. Dandridge found this in Moor-fields, in 



Auguft, 1708. 



SECT. II. Capricorn!, or Goat-Chaffers, differ from 

 the laft, in having thicker or more crufty Sheaths, with 

 longer Jointed Horns : they generally reflex, or turn back- 

 wards, like thofe of Goats ; from whence their name. 



17. Capricornus major viridis Mojchatus- Capricornus tdoratut 

 Muf. Regal. Societatis 164. Great Green Goat-Chaffer, orMufk- 

 Beetle. A very fpecious, elegant Beetle, the largeft of this kind 

 found yet in England, its body being more than an inch long, 

 and its horns about the fame length : it is of a (hining green or 

 copper luftre ; which changeable reflexions, and differing magni- 

 tude, are owing to their different fexes, Petiver, Muf. 9. tells 

 you. This infect, whilft living, has a very fragrant mufk-like 

 fcent, which it lofes when dead. Found on willow-trees, not 

 common. 



18. Capricornus vulg. viridis, maculis aureis Gaz. 69. 11. 

 Common Green Goat-Chaffer, with Golden Spots ; remarkable 

 for its golden fpecks, having three on the outftde of each fheath, 



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