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Thîs inTefl has been tbought by 
fome to imitatc thc ticking of a 
watch, by ftriklng its head againft 
the wainfcot ; which occafioned 
Linnæus to give it this uame. But 
this noife is caufcd by one of the 
ptini, and is an amorous invita- 
tion, .miftakenly by fome fuperfti- 
tious people called the Death- 
Watch. 
des arbres, & pour lors il cft plus 
brun et un peu velu. 
Il s’eft trouvé des perfonnes qui 
ont imaginé que cet infeéte imitoit 
le battement d’une montre, en 
donnant de la tête contre la boif- 
erie, ce qui lui a fait donner par 
Linné le nom qu’il porte. Mais 
ce bruit eft caufé par un ptine, & 
n’eft rien autre qu’une invitation 
amoureufe, que des perfonnes fu- 
perftitieufes ont mal-a-propos nom- 
mées annonces Mortuaires. 
GENUS 4. PEDICULUS. Tab. XVIII. 
CHARACTER GENERIS. 
Pedes fex ambulatorii. Oculi duo. Os aculeo exferendo. Antennæ 
longitudine thoracis. Abdomen depreflum, fublobatum. Linn, fyft. 
nat. p. 1016. 
4th GENUS. The LO USE. PI. XVIII. 
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CHARACTER OF THE GENU.S. 
Six feet formed for walking. Two eyes. A mouth containing an 
exferted fling. Antennse as long as the thorax. Abdomen depreffed, 
and formed as it wcre of different lobes» 
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