( x6o ) 
publifhed agreeing with it. Willughby, 
in his book De Ptfcibus , has given a figure 
n '3ped much like mine, but of a quite dif- 
j rent furface, which is irregularly Ipotted: 
he calls it Pifciculus cor nut us. The Scor- 
p : on Fifh was brought frefh to London, 
being taken amongft Sprats near the 
mouth of the river Thames, and feems to 
differ fomething from what are figured 
by Willughby under that name; fee 
tab. II. 4. and tab. X. 12, 13, and 15. I 
have alfo met with its figure in a fet of 
prints, where it is called Porcellus . 
Willugby dam fon livre De Pifcibus [des 
Poiftons ) a dome une figim qui fe rapport e 
affez d la mienne , mats de furface tcute 
differ ente * qui eft marquee irregulierement : 
il Fappelle Pifciculus cornutus (petit Pciffon 
cornu ). Le Scorpion de Mer avoit tie pr is d 
l embouchure de la 'Tamife, par mi des MeJettes : 
il paroit un peu different de ceux que Wil- 
lughby donne fous ce nom *. Jen ai avfii 
rencontre la figure parmi des eftampes, oil cn 
le nomme Porcellus. 
* Voi. pi. II. 4. etpl.X. 12, 13, 1 5, 
CHAP. LXXV. P L A. 285. 
The Greater Cockroach ; 
AND 
The Whittle InfeS. 
T HESE infe&s were drawn from 
nature, and are figured on the plate 
of the fize of life. 
The Cockroach is reprefented by the two 
upper figures in the plate, which fhew its 
upper and under fides : the head is covered 
by a kind of fhield, of a lightifh brown 
colour round its borders, and black in the 
middle, from which proceed two others 
of the fame brown colour, and dufky in 
their middles, which have the appearance 
of fhort wings, and cover part of the body 
on its upper fide : the abdomen, or lower 
part of the body, is of a reddifh brown 
colour, and compofed of about eight 
rings j it is very flat, and toothed like a 
Le Grand Cerf-volant ; 
E T 
Le Scarabee fifflant. 
S infeties ont tie defines d'apres na- 
^ tare, et font reprefentes fur la planche 
de leur grandeur naturelle. 
Le Cerf-volant eft reprefente par les deux 
figures fuperieures de la planche ; tune en 
fait voir le dos , et l autre le ventre : la tete 
eft couverte dime efpece de bouclier , qui eft 
gris blanc par les lords , et noir au milieu : 
de ce bouclier en partent deux autres , de la 
me me couleur claire par les lords, et brun 
fonce au milieu , lefquels ont I'apparence de 
deux courtes ailes , qui fervent en partie d 
couvrir le defius du corps: l' abdomen, ou la 
partie inferieure du corps eft dun brun rou - 
gedtre: elle eft compofee d' environ huit an - 
neaux . Cet infeffe eft fort plat, et dentele 
