the Chermes Lacca. 23 n 
I opened fome of the middle- fized, and found they con- 
tained a thick, deep blood-coloured liquid ; others, ftill larger, 
put on the appearance of the fly, which was fcon to iflfue, 
retrograde. 
Defer iption of the male Jac infedl in its perfect Jlate. 
It is then about the fize of a very fmall fly, and exceedingly 
adive ; the larva and pupa ftate, I am as yet unacquainted 
with. 
Head obtufe ; between the eyes a beautiful, fhining green. 
Eyes, black, very large in proportion to the animal. 
Antenna, clavated, feathered, about two thirds the length 
of the body ; below the middle, an articulation, fuch 
as thofe in the legs. 
Mouth ; I could not diftindly fee it a 
1 Trunk , oval, brown. 
Abdomen , oblong, length of the trunk and head. 
Extremities . Vide p. 232. 
Legs, fix; with them it runs brifkly, and jumps adively« 
Wings, four, membranaceous, longer than the abdomen, 
incumbent; the anterior pair twice the fize of the 
pofterior. 
Tail , none. 
Defcription of the female lac infedi . 
Larva , red, very minute, requiring a good lens to diftinguifii 
its parts. 
Head, fcarcely to be diftinguifhed from the trunk. 
Antenna , filiform, bifid, hairy, length of the infed. 
Eyes : in the back part of the trunk are two minute eleva- 
tions, which may be they. 
Mouth , 
