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faw on its Tides : the head is Teen only Trom 
beneath ; it is black, except the eyes, 
which are brown : the horns are nearly 
two inches long : it hath fix reddifh-brown 
legs, each having three joints ; thofe next 
the body are finooth, the middle joints are 
beTet with fharp prickles, the outer joints, 
or the feet, are rough or hairy, with two 
fharp claws at their ends. 
The WHISTLE-INSECT is fhewn 
in three different views at the bottom of the 
plate. The head is made like that of a 
locuft : the upper body, or thorax, is fur- 
rounded with many fharp points; the lower 
part of the body, or abdomen, is compofed 
of about ten rings, and has two points at its 
end : it hath fix legs, of three joints each ; 
the joints next the body are fmooth, the 
middle ones have Tome fmall points; the 
feet or outer joints are divided into roundifh 
flat parts, which are pliable; each foot 
hath two fmall claws at its end : the body 
is black on its upper fide, fpotted with 
orange-colour; the under fide is orange- 
colour: the legs alfo are orange-colour, 
but with Tome black about their joints : 
the horns are brown. 
The Greater Cockroach was brought 
from Carolina by the late Mr. Catefby, 
who, in the Appendix to his Hiflory of 
Carolina, page io, calls it Blatta maxima 
fufca pelt at a. The reafon why I have 
refigured it is, becaufe it is very rare, and 
Mr. Catefby has a little mifcarried in his 
drawing, which I have endeavoured to 
amend. This infect fell into my hands 
after the death of Mr. Catefby. 
The Whiftle-Infedt was brought from 
Santa- Crux in Barbary, by my good friend 
Capt. John Dobfon, who prefented it to 
me. I have called it the Whiftle-Infedt, 
becaufe it very nearly agrees with another 
infedt found in Africa, of which the na- 
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aux cotes en forme de fete. On ne voit la 
tete que de bas en haut ; elle ejl noire , excepte 
les yevx qui jont ifabelle : les comes font 
d' environ deux pouces de long : il a fix pattes 9 
qui font d'un brim rougedtre, et qui ont 
cbacune trois jointures ; celles de contre le 
corps font unies y cedes du milieu font cou - 
vertes de piquants fort aigus, les dernieres 
jomtureSy ou les pattes, font rudes ou velues, 
et on au bout deux griffes piquant es. 
Le SCARAB E E S IFF L ANT eft re- 
prefente au bas de la planche fous trois dif- 
ferents points de vue. La tete eft faite 
com me celle de la fauterelle: le corps ante - 
rieur, ou le thorax , eft entoure d'un nombre 
de pointes aigues ; la partie pojlerieure du 
corps y ou I abdomen y eft compofe d' environ dix 
anneaiiXy et finit par deux piquants: il a 
fix patteSy qui ont chacune trois jointures ; 
cedes qui font proche du corps font unies, 
les jointures du milieu ont quelques petits pi- 
quants ; les dernieres jointures, ou les pattes , 
font divifees en parties plates rondelettes y qui 
font pliantes'y chaque patte a au bout deux 
petites griffes : il eft noir fur le dos, mar - 
qiiete d' orange : le deffous eft orange ; les 
jatnbes font de la me me couleur, excepte quel - 
que pcu de noir vers les jointures : les comes 
font b runes. 
Le Grand Cerf volant avoit ete apporte de 
la Caroline par M. Catefy t qui y dans fin 
Appendix * , I'appelle Blatta maxima fufca 
peltata. La raifon pour laquelle je le re - 
donney cefi quil eft tres rare y et que cet 
auteur s eft un pen trompe dans fin dejfeiny 
que fai tdche a reBifier, Cet injeBe m eft 
tombe entre les mains depuis la mort de M. 
Catefby. 
L' In ft Be Siffant avoit ete apporte de Sane - 
ta-Crux en Barbarie , par mon bon ami le 
Capitaine Dobfony qui men a fait prefent . 
Je fai nomme llnJ'eBe Siffant, parce quil 
refiemble beaucoup d un autre infeBe , qui fe 
* Appendix, ou Supplement a l’Hift. de la Carol, pi 10. 
