( 
nates iu a point, ratber fharp and 
long, but does not prick. The 
legs are long, as Well as the tard, 
of whicli the articulations are ob- 
long, and decreafe graduallyj Ib 
that the firft is the largeft, and the 
lafb, which terminâtes the leg, the 
fmalleft. I know not whether this 
inlea leapsj I hâve however met 
with it upon flowers. 
N. B. I hâve likevvife obferved 
a variety quite fimilar, but two 
thirds lefs, and of which the an- 
tenncE are lefs ferrated. Perhaps 
it may only differ by its fex. 
Their larvæ are as yet unknown. 
92 ) 
qui fe termine en pointe alTez aigue 
&ç longue, rnais qui ne pique point. 
Les pattes font longues ainfi que 
les tarfes dont les articles font al- 
longés & vont en décroîlîant en 
forte que le premier eft le plus 
gros, et le dernier qui termine la 
patte, le plus petit. Je ne fais fi 
cet infeéte faute; je l’ai cependant 
trouvé fur les fleurs. 
N. B. J’ai aufli obfervé une va- 
riété toute femblable, mais plus 
petite des deux tiers &C dont les 
antennes font moins en fcie. Peut- 
être ne diffère-t-elle que par le fexe. 
* Les larves n’en font point encore 
connues. 
GENUS 29. STAPHYLINUS. Tab. VII. 
CnARACTER-&E-NERIS. 
Antennæ moniliformes. Elytra dimidiata. Alæ tedæ. Cauda fim- 
plex exferens duas veficulas oblongas. Linn. fyfl;. nat. p. 683. 
29th GENUS. The STAPHYLINE. Pl. VII. 
CIIARACTER OF THE GENUS. 
The antennæ are moniliform. The elytra are not above half the 
length of the abdomen. The wings are foldcd up and concealed under 
the elytra. The tail, or extremîty of the abdomen, is fjngle, not being 
armcd as that of the foUowing genus, but is provided with two oblong 
veficles, which the infed can Ihoot ont, or retraa at pleafure. 
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