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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Genus 2 5T. LYCOPERDINA. Ldtr,, Leach. 
Antenna: moniliform, gradually thickening towards their extremities, 
the ninth joint scarcely longer than the one before it : maxillary palpi 
filiform: labial palpi with the last joint large, almost ovoid: thighs 
abruptly clavate : body elongate-ovate : thorax with the anterior an- 
gles a little dilated, narrowed behind : mandibles with their points 
very acute, undivided. 
Sp. 1. Lyc. Bovistee. 
Endomychus Bovist®. Payk., Fabr. Tenebrio Bovist®. Marsh. Ly- 
coperdina inimaculata. Latr. Lycoperdina Bovist®. Leach. 
Inhabits the Lycoperdium or puff-ball. 
Order IV. DERMAPTERA. Be Geer, Leach, Kirby. 
Order Coleoptera. Linne, Marsham. 
Order Orthoptera, Latreille, Lamarck. 
Characters of the Order. 
Elytra somewhat crustaceous and abbreviated, of a square form • the 
suture straight : wing s membranaceous, externally coriaceous, l’arge, 
iolded transversely and longitudinally: anus armed with forceps, 
which is homy arid moveable: body linear depressed: antenna in- 
sorted before the eyes, composed of from twelve to thirty joints; the 
first articulation largest, the second very small, the others short, ob- 
conic or nearly globose : mandibles with their points bidentate : palpi 
filiform, terminated with a very obscure tubcrculiforpi little body or 
spine : tarsi three-jointed, villose beneath : eyes triangular-orbicular, 
and but little prominent. 
Obs.— T he genera are founded on the number of joints in the antenn®. 
Genus 258. FORFIG’ULA of authors. 
Antenna composed of fourteen joints. 
Sp. 1. For. auricularia Forceps at the base internally denticulated, and 
a little beneath with a tooth on each side: elytra yellowish-browrt, 
with the disk darker. 
Forficula auricularia of authors. 
Inhabits Europe. Mr. Marsham has considered the sexes of this in- 
sect as two species, under the names auricularia and neglect a. 
Genus 259. LABIA. Leach. 
Antennre twelve-jointed. 
Sp- 1- Lab. minor. Forceps denticulated within. (VI. 4. Jig, ig.) 
Forficula minor. Fabr Panzer, Leach. 
Inhabits dung-hills, under clods of earth, stones, &c. The forceps •!' 
