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haïr. The legs are long, and their 
tariî compofed of five articulations, 
•which diminifh equally, ail in 
general fliort, and charged with 
brufhes or tufts undcrneath. 
Staphylinuserythropterus. Linn. 
No. 4. 
Its head and thorax are of an 
lanpoliihed black, as is the abdo- 
men, which has upon each fegment 
tvvo triangular fpots, one on each 
fide, formed by a few gilded hairs. 
Some hairs of the famé fort are feen 
under the abdomen. The elytra 
are of a rough reddilh colour as 
well as the feet, the palpi, and the 
antennæ, efpecially at their bafe. 
The fcutcheon is entirely black. 
Thefe infeéts hâve a peculiarity 
to be met with in almoft every 
fpccies of this genus, which is, 
that they frequently turn up their 
tail, or cxtremity of the abdomen, 
efpecially if you chance to touch 
them, in which café the tail is feen 
to rife immediately,. as if the infed: 
meant to defend itfelf by ftinging. 
Yet, that is not the place where 
the infeél’s ofFenfive weapons are 
iituated. Its tail has no fting, but 
in recompenfe it bites and pinches 
ftrongly with its jaws; and care 
muft be takcn, efpecially in laying 
font alTez longues, & leurs tarfes 
font compofés de cinque articles 
qui vont endiminuant e'gaiement, 
tous en général affez courts & 
chargés de brolTes ou de pelottes 
en delTous. 
Le ftaphylin à ailes rouifes. " 
Sa tête & fon corcelet font d’un 
noir matte. Le ventre ed; pareille- 
ment noir, & a fur chaque anneau 
deux taches triangulaires, une de 
chaque côté, formées par quelques 
poils dorés, on voit quelques poils 
femblables fous le ventre. Les 
e'tuis font d’une couleur roud'e, 
matte, ainfi que les pattes, les an- 
tennules, & les antennes fur-tout 
à leur bafe. L’écuffon ed; tout 
noir. 
Ces infedles ont une finguîarite 
qui fe rencontre dans prefque toutes 
les efpéces de ce genre, c’ed: qu’ils 
relevent fouvent en l’air leur queue 
ou Textrêmité de leur ventre, fur- 
tout fl l’on vient à les toucher. 
On voit audîtot la queue fe relever 
comme fi l’înfeéte vouloir fe dé- 
fendre et piquer. Ce n’ed: point 
cependant à cet endroit que font 
les armes oftcndves de cet infecte. 
Sa queue ne pique point, mais en 
recompenfe il mord & pince forte- 
ment avec fes mâchoires; et l’on, 
doit prendre garde, furtout en prc- 
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