LINNEAN SYSTEM. 
This is the common Spanish fly: it is found on the privet, the 
the elder, the poplar, &c. It is so light when dried that fifty oi 
scarcely weigh a dram. 
Genus 37. Meloe. 
Antenna monilifonn: thorax nearly round: elytra soft, flexible, 
shorter than the abdomen: head inflected, gibbous. {PL 4. Jig. <■> 
Sp. l. Mel. Proscarabaus. Of a violet colour. (ll 
Found in spring, particularly in open sandy fields, feeding on ^ 
different species of Ranunculus, &,c. ; its ova have an agreeable sifl^ 
when touched, there issues from it a very limpid yellowish oil, "' 11 
is exceedingly diuretic, and when mixed with honey or oil has 0 
recommended in cases of hydrophobia. 
Genus 38. MoRnr.tr. a. 
Antenna moniliform or pectinated : palpi four, the anterior ones ^ 
vated, the hinder filiform : when frightened, it hides its head ■ 
neath the thorax: elytra narrower towards the apex, and sllg"j 
curved : before the thighs a broad plate at the base of the abdoi 11 
The insects of this genus inhabit flowers. 
Sp. 1. Mord. Jasciula. {PI. 4. jig. 8.) 
Genus 39. St achy linos. 
I shall omit the generic character of Linne, and refer the studc»j 
those genera given in Dr. Leach’s system. Mr. Marsham has 
scribed only 87 species of this very extensive family : 500 species at 
are found to be natives of this country, many ol which are ex^ 
ingly minute, but very interesting. {PI. 4. jig. 10, 11, 12, 13 Sf l 
Genus 40. Forficula. 
Antenna setaceous : palpi unequal and filiform : elytra truncated ^ 
shorter than the abdomen, the extremity of which is armed 
forceps. 
Sp. 1. Fo>f. auricularia, Earwig. 
Order II. II EMITTER A. 
J 
Many of the insects of this Order are furnished with a x ° ^ 
which is inflected and bent inwards towards the breast. Their ,i 
cases ar e hemelytrata, or of a substance less hard than those % 
preceding order ; they do not meet together and form a longu p 
suture, but have some part of their anterior margins crossed 
one over the other. 
