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37. Curculio parvus fplendide viridis Ga£. 50. 6. Cat, 72. 

 Bright Green Piper G. N. Cat. Angl. 73. Both head and fhoul- 

 ders of this are elegantly green, and the laft pounced { its fnout 

 6f a glorious copper lultre, as are its legs in front ; the tail blunt 

 or bottle-arfed. 



38. Curculio minor aerugihofus Vulgaris. Scarabaeus minor 

 jeruginofus Mufei Petiver. 10. fig. Common Verdigreafe Piper. 

 Somewhat more than half an inch long, of a mining verdigreafe, 

 with an oval tail. Thefe are common amonglt nettlesv 



39. Curculio parvus fplendide aeruginofus. Gaz. 50. fig. 7. 

 Cat. 73. Verdigreafe Piper G. N. Cat. Angl. 74. Same fhape, 

 but left, and more refplendent. Cain- Wood. 



40. Curculio parvus ^Eruginofo-cupreus. Verd-Copper, Small 

 Piper ; like the laft in fize and fhape, highly tinged with a cop- 

 per luftre. 



41. Curculio parvus e cceruleo Chalybeatus. Small Steel Pipers 

 Size with 37. flenderer ; ah elegant fteely blue. Cain-Wood. 



42. Curculio perexiguus niger. Black Mite Piper. Exaclly of 

 the fame ihape and fize, but black. 



43. Cutculio perexiguus e cceruleo Chalybeatus. Steel Mite 

 Piper. Like the laft, but four times lefs. 



44. Curculio rotundus perexiguus grifeus maculatus. Dandr. 

 Grey Tare Piper ; being about the fize of a tare, and globular : 

 it is wholly grey, except a large black fpot in the midft of its 

 back, and a fmaller near the rump ; its fnout long and ilender. 

 Mr. Dandridge found eight on the leaves of Mullein> at Box- 

 Hill, 20th of May. _ , 



45. Curculio rotundus perexiguus higrefcens, capite grifeo. 

 Dandridge's Black Tare Piper ; fame fhape as the laft, but a fize 

 lefs, with two black fpots, each attended with a couple of white 

 Specks ; body blackifh ; head grey. Found on the Bur-dock near 

 the ferry at Batterfey in peafe feafon. 



SECT. VIII. ScaraBj^i Semi-vaginati feu Staphylini, 

 or Turn-Tails. The lheaths fhort, as if cut, and rarely 

 cover half the body ; run fwift, and if molefted, turn up 

 their tails. 



46. Staphylinus maximusmgerlong'ifiimus. Long, Black Turn- 

 Tail. Staphylinus major totus niger Ray Hift. Infeft. 109. I. 

 Staphylinus I Moffet. I97. fig. I. 2. Scarabccus majufculus niger, 

 forcipibus infeftis Lifter Ray H. Inf. tit. 26. It is about an 

 inch and quarter long, and a quarter broad ; the head, ftioul- 

 ders, and lheath, much the fame length ; and all three make but 

 one half of its length : its bugle-jointed horns are taper. 



47. Staphylinus major brevis niger. Short, Black Turn-Tail. 

 Staphylinus Moffet, p. 197. fig. 3. This is fhort in comparifon 

 to the laft, viz. not quite ai\Jnch, but very near full as broad ; 

 ©therwife not unlike : pretty common near path-ways. When 

 you catch thefe, they are very wafpifh, and throw out, on each 

 fide their tail, a white egg-like bladder. 



48. Staphylinus major lucens, vaginis & circulis lanolis. Woolly- 

 Iheathed Turn-Tail. Its full length three quarters, fome fhorter, 

 but one quarter broad ; the head and ftioulders of a mining jet ; 

 its belly (except the tip, which is black) of a pale hoary white, 

 as is the lower half of its lheaths : their horns are clofe jointed, 

 and thickeft towards the ends. 



49. Staphylinus medius niger, vaginis caftaneis. Chefnut- 

 fheathed Turn-Tail. The head, back, and naked body black ; 

 the lheaths chefnut, as are its legs, with horns like the laft. 



50. Staphylinus medius velutinus fnfeus. Brown Velvet Turn- 

 Tail. Its ftioulders and lheaths velvety and brown, as is its naked 

 body ; its head hoary and changeable ; a fize lefs than the laft. 

 Found in March and April on Hampfted-Heath, in cow-dung, 

 with the Bull-comber. 



51. Staphylinus parvus e Chalybeato fuccino cinctus. Small 

 Steel and Amber Turn-Tail. This fmall elegant infedl is about 

 three quarters of an inch long ; its head, lheaths, and tail, 

 fteel ; the reft, viz. its back and four joints of the body, amber. 



52. Forfcula vulgaris Gaz. tab, 74. fig. 5. The Ear- Wig. 

 Forficula five Auricularia Moffet. 171. c. 27. fig. Scarabaus fub- 

 rufus cauda furcata Lifter. Ray. H. Inf. 391. tit. 25. Very mif- 

 chievous in gardens, particularly to July-flowers, and in the 

 winter hide themfelves under the bark of trees, Sec. 



CAP. III. — Cimices, or Bugs. 



Beetles, whofe Wings are partly crufty, the reft tranfparent, the 

 firft on the Body, the laft on the Tips : They are of various 

 Shapes, and have generally a long Needle-like Snout, which 

 they place betwixt their Legs under their Thorax. 



1. fylME X maximus Teftttdinarius rufus. Great Turtle 

 fj Bug: half an inch long, and two thirds broad: it is 



reddilh, with black ftioulders, and differs from all the 

 following in fhape, being more round and turtle-like. Mr. Dan- 

 dridge found this in a dry ditch near the Spaniards at Park-Gate, 

 between Bifhop's-Wood and the Heath. 



2. Cimex major ex toto fufcus. Great Brown Bug. Cimex 2. 

 Moffet. 174. fig. 3. 4. Wholly brown, with blunt ftioulders; ofthe 

 fame fize with the laft. 



3. Cimex medius fufcus maculatus. Middling Brown Bug. 

 Much paler than the I rift, with delt, fides, and horns, fpeckled. 



4. Cimex medius rufus maculatus. Middling Brown Bug ; a 

 fize larger than the laft ; the ground reddilh or copper-like, and 

 fpeckled. 



5. Cimex major viridis immaculatus. Cimex 1. Moffet. 174. 

 fig. 1, 2. Cimex fylveftris viridis Ray Hift. Infeft. p. 53. 1. 



Great Green Bug. Wholly green: fine of No. z. The four laft 

 blunt-fhouldered. 



6. Cimex major viridis cornutus. Great Green Horn-Bug. 

 Like the laft, but horn-ftiouldered. 



7. Cimex cornutus major fufcus, maculatus. Great Brown 

 Horn-Bug, refembles No. 2. in fhape and fize ; but the ftioulders 

 are horned, and the legs and delta-tip amber-coloured. 



8. Cimex cornutus major, e fufco cinereus, maculatus. Great 

 Pale Horn-Bug : Ihape and fize with the three laft; its fide-lheaths 

 grey; but delt and tip brown, the firft faftron-fpotted. 



9. Cimex cornutus medius cinereus, immaculatus. Middling 

 Grey Bug, differs from the laft in being lefs, and its delt unfpot- 

 ted. N. B. Thefe four have blunt black horns. 



10. Cimex marginatus fufcus major. Great Brown Welted 

 Bug ; about half an inch long, of a dead hair colour, the fides 

 welted : its wings lifted up diicover the body of a fine orange, and 

 above that black. 



11. Cimex marginatus fufcus, medius. Middling Brown Welted 

 Bug : a degree lefs than the laft, and much of the fame colour. 



12. Gimex fufcus minor, margine angulofo. Small Brown 

 Welted Bug : lefs than the laft, and more welted than the two 

 laft; its ftioulders much pointed. N. B. Thefe three laft are very 

 diftinft From the foregoing, in having their bodies welted, the 

 firft joints of their horns thick and ftrong, the next very {lender 

 and reflex, and tips fomewhat clubbed. Moft of thefe bugs are 

 found about Hampfted, as in Cain and Bilhop's-Wood, &c. 



13. Cimex oblongus nigricans Mu/ca facie. Black Fly-Bug ; 

 three quarters of an inch long : it is wholly blackifh, and much of 

 the Ihape of a fly ; the whole wings feeming moftly membranace- 

 ous : its horns are long-jointed, rather reiembling legs. Found 

 in the fpring, under a wall beyond Adton. 



14. Cimex oblongus nigricans, margine maculafa. Spotted, 

 Black Fly-Bug ; fhorter and fmaller than the laft ; its horns many- 

 jointed and mottled with black and white, as are its legs ; the tips 

 of its wings more impreffed than the laft ; its edges or fides tipt 

 with yellow. Found very frequently in the flowers of Golden-rod, 

 in Cain- Wood. 



15. Cimex oblongus virefcens. Greenifh Bug-Kin G. N. Cat, 

 Angl. 64. Cimecoides virefcens Gaz. 50. 10. & C. In length 

 about i of an inch ; of a pale green, with long flender horns ; the 

 body blackifh. Brompton-Paik, Sept. 1696. 



16. Cimex oblongus peranguilus fulvus. Marbled Bug-Kin 

 G. N. Cat. Angl. 65. Cimecoides e rufo flavefcens Gaz. 50. 11. 

 Body flender, refembling a tipula ; its back and ftioulders black, 

 mottled with pale yellow ; the crufty part of its wings buff. 



17. Cimex oblongus venufte maculatus & ftriatus. Gaz. 62. 

 fig. 1 • Fine-ftreaked Bug-Kin. This is a gaudy infect; its 

 lheaths finely ftreaked with black; the tips and delt buff; its 

 horns long-jointed and flender. Found by Mr. Dandridge in the 

 fpring, with the next, on the fhrubs in Sir William Hickcs's 

 wood near Stratford. 



1 3. Cimex oblongus, corpore fulvo femivaginatus. Short- 

 fheathed Bug-Kin. The body of this is buff fpeckled with black ; 

 its wings, or rather fheaths, are very fhort, refembling thofe of 

 fmall grafs-hoppers : this is groffer bodied than the laft, and may 

 be male and female. 



19. Cimex ruber, atro bimaculato Gaz. 62. 2. Henbane Bug. 

 Cimex fylv. minor corpore angurto oblongo, colore defuper rubro, 

 nigris maculis pifto Ray Hift. Infeclor. p. 55. Cimex miniatu- 

 lus, nigris maculis notatus, Hyofeyamo fere gaudens Lifter, tit. 39. 

 R av > P- 397* This is an elegant fcarlet bug, fpotted and marked 

 with black. Found on Henbane. 



20. Cimex minor languidus bimaculatus. Double-fpotted Wane- 

 Bug. Spotted in the midft of its lheaths like the laft ; but the 

 whole body is much lefs, and of a faint wane colour. Found in 

 the umbels of Covv-parfnip towards Hornfey. 



21. Cimex minor nigricans, maculis rubris. Red-fpotted 

 Black Bug ; fmaller than the laft ; its legs, horns, and body black, 

 except the edges of its wings and tips, which, with its delt, are 

 reddilh. 



22. Cimex parvus e cinereo nigro marmoratus. Small Grey 

 Mottled Bug. An elegant little infect, marbled with black and 

 grey. Found in Cain-Wood, about Auguft. 



Z3. Cimex parvus niger oblongus. Small Black Bug-Kin; 

 more than half an inch long, and wholly black. Found early in 

 the fpring, near Park-Gate in Bifhop's Wood. 



24. Cimex minor rotundus niger. Small Black Bug; pretty 

 round and fiat, wholly black ; its horns broad-jointed. 



25. Cimex minor rotundus niger, ano albo. Small Black Bug 

 with a white Rump : fame fize and fhape with the laft, and 

 wholly black, except its under wings and fheath-tips, which are 

 tranfparent. 



26. Cimex minor rotundus niger, biguttulis albis. Small Dou- 

 ble-fpeckcd Black Bug. Lefs than the laft, and all black, except a 

 white fpeck in the midft of each fheath. Mr. Dandridge found 

 this early in the fpring, on a dry bank near Iflington. 



27. Cimex minor rotundus niger, iignaturis albis. Small 

 White-marked Black Bug. A fhining black, marked and fpot- 

 ted with white, as are fometimes its ftioulders in the middle, as 

 well as edges. 



28. Cimex rotundus niger parvus, fignaturis albis. Cimex niger 

 noftras albo maculatus Gaz. 14. 7. Cimex. fylv. parvus, corpore 

 rotundiore, colore nigro fplendente, maculis albis pidto Ray Hift. 

 Infect, p. $4. 5. Magpye Bug. Cimex niger maculis candidis 

 notatus Lifter. Ray, p. 396. 37. Refembles the laft, but fmaller. 

 Thefe are often met wit& in the fpring on funny banks. 



29. Cimex. 



