EXPLANATION of SCIENTIFIC TERMS, 
OCCVRKINO 
IN THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS OF 
N A r U R A L H I S T 0 R r.\ 
Abdumen, the belly. 
Aurelia., the flats of the infefl, while changing from, the 
worm to the moth, fly, or butterfly. . 
Apterous, without wings. 
Autennie, horns or feelers. 
Chry falls, the fame as aurelia. 
Crujiaceous, covered with a Ihell, or a . fubftance fimilar to 
a fliell. 
Capitulum, a little head. i 
Elytra, the cafes of the.wingsv 
Foiceps, the forked tail of an infffn 
Cenus, feveral beings agreeing, in one common charac- 
ter. 
Hymenoptera infelta, infefts -having four membraneous 
wings., 
iHdi’oidual, a being confideyed feparately from others of the 
fame iflecies or kind. 
Larva, tlie worm or caterpillar. 
Lobe, a divifion or diftincl part. 
Lapidoptera iiife&a, infefls having four wings, 
fldembraueous, confifling of a fibrous web. 
Maxilla, the jaws. 
Nympha, fee Aurelia. 
Neuroptera iujeda, infefls with four traufparent wings. 
Palpi, fpiral longues. 
I'orreCled, flretched out. 
Reticulated, formed like net-work. 
Scarabaus, the beetle. 
Setaceous, covered with briflles. 
Species', a common nature, by which feveral individuals are 
diftingnilhed. 
Spine, a thorn. 
Thorax, the breaft. 
-Vermicula, the nature of the infefl before it begins its 
transformation. 
ADDRESS. 
