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Buprejles partake of the Nature of Cantharides or 
Spanijh Flies, are Inhabitants of the Water chiefly, 
have the Head in part concealed, a very (linking 
Smell, and iling feverely : Of thefe the moll curi¬ 
ous is the light green Bupreflis with yellowifh green 
ftriated Wings; and the large black Bupreftis, or 
Tree Beetle, and the fmail black Bupreftis are ot 
this Kind. 
Elatri. The Elater, if laid on its Back, has a 
Power of (kipping to a conftderable Diftance. Some 
of them are black, others of a changeable Brafs Co¬ 
lour, &V. 
Staphilini. Thefe have beaded Antennae, fmail 
Shields or outer Wings, the inner concealed. The 
brown Staphilinus with blue Wings is a curious In- 
fe£t; a Number of them are black, but diftinguifh- 
ed one from the other, either by their Legs or by 
the Colour of the interior Wings. 
Blatta, Mill Beetles, have long (lender Antennae 
in continual Motion, and ufually two Spines at the 
Tail: The Males have Wings, and are fmaller than 
the Females. The yellow Biatta, a Native of the 
Northern Countries, where it feeds on the dried 
Fi(h, and a very large Kind from Jamaica , are of 
this Species. 
Grilli , Crickets, refembie a Locuft. In this Clafs 
Linnaeus ranks the Cicada: and Mantes. The com¬ 
mon Houfe Cricket, the Field Cricket, and the 
great brown Cricket are all that need be mentioned, 
if we except the Mole Cricket, found in fome Parts 
of England, which is a remarkable Infedl. 
Locufta, Locufts are remarkable for their hinder 
Legs, which are made for leaping; fome Kinds 
have Wings. The large common Locuft, the 
Grafhopper, and the Spanijh Locuft, are of this 
Species, 
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