animals, each to each. The forms of some of these ROOM IX, 
minute creatures are very extiW i; nar-y. Nat~Hist 
The second Table in this room com. ins a selection 
illustrative of the orders and genera of the class Insecta 
or Insects *. 
The coloured line immediately beneath the name of 
the insect, denotes the country where it is found, 
thus 
Light Blue Europe. 
Red . , . Asia, 
Black . . Africa. 
Green . . N.America. 
Yellow . S. America. 
Grange . West Indies. 
Brown . . New Holland- 
Dark Blue England, 
Case 11. 
(A.) S. 1. MANDIBULAT/l or Insects with per¬ 
fect mouths. 
Order COLEOPTERA, or Beetles, commences with 
the Cicindelidae and Carabidae, or ground beetles. 
(B.) Carabidae continued. Dyticidae and Hydro- 
philidae, or water beetles. 
(C.) Staphylinidae, Buprestidae; the elytra, or wing 
cases of the latter, are frequently used in India to 
ornament ladies’ dresses. Lampyridae, the common glow 
worm; it is only the female that is without wings and 
emits the light. Silphiadae, or burying beetles. Sca- 
rabaeidae, two specimens are in this compartment of the 
celebrated Sacred Beetle of the Egyptians (5. sacer ), 
of which numerous examples in stone, &c., may be 
seen in the Gallery of Antiquities. 
* The principal collections of Crustacea, Spiders, and Insects, 
are preserved in proper cabinets in a separate room, and may be 
seen, by persons who wish to consult them for the purposes of study,, 
by application to the officer to whom their care is entrusted, every 
Tuesday and Thursday. In order to prevent disappointment, it is 
requested that individuals or parties wishing to see those collections, 
will apply two days previous to their intended visit, as only a certain 
number of persons can be admitted at the same time. 
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