NATURAL H'lSTORY. igg 
The;g]ittcring coloirrs with which fcveral 
fpecics -of this .genps, are embelliflied, dif- 
playing' the fplendor of gold and copper, 
have conferred on them the pompons name 
.of chryfomeJa. Ths. JarvK pj'ey uppn the 
fiibdanccs of leaves, without touching the 
fibres. The leaping chryfomcla infeft the 
tender leaves of plants ; which fliould be 
carefully guarded frem their depredations. 
Genus XII. 
^ HE antennae grew gradually larger from 
each extremity to the middle, and are fitn- 
ated between the eyes. The breaft anti 
wing-cafes, are covered. Protuberant fpihcs. 
HISPA ATRA. rAc BLACK HISPA. 
^ 1 HIS pretty, fingular infect, is of a deep 
poliflied black. The upper part of his bo- 
dy is clothed entirely with long and ftrong 
briftlcs, like the fliell of -a chefnut, or ra- 
ther in the manner of a hedge-heg. The 
cafe of the horns has even a thorn at its end, 
to guard the infedt from injury'. I'he brcall 
has a row fet tranfverfely, which are forked. 
And the elytra, or wing cafes, are covered 
with a great number that are lingle. Th.e 
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