192 NATURAL HISTORY. 
ed with green hairs, and the legs are black. 
Ihe whole creature, glittering with its bril- 
liancy, charms its oblerver. 'Ihe larva and 
the perfe£t infeft being found in dead bodies, 
evince that the Creator has power to produce 
the molt beautiful effeffs from the mod; difa- 
greeable of mediums. How different is this 
from human ability ! With the choiceft of 
nature’s produftions combined to almofl in- 
finity, man is not able to imitate the Iplcn- 
dor of this infecl, which is produced by the 
Almightv, from a dead and putrid body. 
Genus VII. 
BYRRHUS SCHROPHULARIiE. 
The NETTLE BEETLE. 
HIS infeft is found moftly in flowers. — 
Its oval body is black, except where the un- 
derpart of the abdomen appears white, from 
the multitude of minute Icales with which 
this part is covered. The elytra not on- 
ly inclofe the wings, but the fides and 
under part of the body. Thele elytra arc 
black, with white and red fcales, relembling 
embroidery. This fpecies is found in gar- 
dens. If rubbed, the fmall fcalet fall, sn’-d 
caule the infed to appear entirely black. 
Genus 
