Section I. 
Order II — Hcmptera. 
We are now come to the order of hemipterous infe&s, 
Which comprehends the different kinds of locufts and 
grafhoppers, and, in general, all thofe animals whofe an- 
tennae are fetaceous, and heads inflected, Their elytra 
and wings are extended, fmooth, and femicoriaceous ; 
being of a fubftance fomewhat like -vellum. The thorax 
is horizontally flattened, of an orbicular iorm, and mar- 
inated round the extremities: ft he feet are formed, in. 
moft fpecies*, for running; and the abdomen is terminated 
by two fmall appendices refembling horns. They are 
termed hemiptera , becaufe only half of their wings ap- 
pear when in a flate of reft : I hey do not then meet to- 
gether in a longitudinal future like thofe of the laft order, 
but have fome part of their interior margins crofted, or 
laid one over the other, above the abdomen. 
* Pedes curforii, Lin. Syft. 
