S 8 The Hiflory of AN 1 M A L & 
phylinus, with reddilh legs, 7. The fmooth, black Staphylinus, with the legs red- 
di(h, and the verge of the body yellow. 8. The black Staphylinus, with reddifh 
legs, and the anterior part of the exterior wings grey. 9. The black Staphylinus, 
with crimfon wings, to. The teftaceous Staphylinus. 11. The black Staphylinus, 
with the thorax, the exterior wings, and the legs fubteftaceous. 12. The black Sta¬ 
phylinus, with the exterior wings, the legs, and the antennse ferrugineous. 23. The 
black Staphylinus, with the exterior wings and the legs brown. 
B L A T T A, 
T H E antennre of the Blatta are fetaceous ■ there are two Ihort horns, as it were, 
above the tail: the exterior wings are membranaceous 3 and the thorax is fiat, 
orbiculated, and marginated. 
Blatta ferrugineo-fufca , elytris fulco ovato impreffis. 
The ferrugineous , brown Blatta , with the exterior 
wings furrowed in an oval form. 
mill 
J5eetle. 
This Infedt is of the fize of the common cricket: it’s colour is a deep, ferrugineous 
brown, approaching to black, refembling that of burnt paper: this colour is uniform, 
without any variegation : the clypeus or fhield that lies over the thorax is plain, oval, and 
tranfverfe : the exterior wings are of an oval figure 5 they are fomewhat Ihorter than 
the body, and are in fome degree tranfparent; each of them has three ftrias from the 
bafe, .the intermediate one elevated, and the interior one hollow and crooked 3 this, 
with it's fellow, form an oval fpace: there are two prickles at the tail, and the legs 
alfo are prickly: the male of this fpecies has the exterior and interior wings perfect 3 
the female has only the rudiments of both. 
It is common with us in mills, bakers houfes, and elfewhere 3 it only comes out in 
the dark. Mouffet calls it Blatta molendinaria et pifirinaria 3 Ray, Blatta mollis. 
Blatta flavefcens elytris nigro maculatis . 
The yellow Blatta , with the exterior wings fpotted with blach 
♦ * / r ’ ' . • 
This is a fmall fpecies, not exceeding a large fly in fize : the clypeus or fhield that 
covers the thorax is membranaceous, patent, of an oval figure, and marginated, and 
is femi-tranfparent : the exterior wings are membranaceous and pellucid 5 they are 
of a brownifh colour, and have elevated firiar, and fome black fpots on them, but 
thefe not very numerous: the legs are of a horny appearance and prickly 3 the an¬ 
tennae are long, and there are two articulated horns a little above the anus. 
It is not met with, that I know of, in England, nor any where, except in the 
more northern countries, where it deftroys the fifh provifions. 
G R Y L L U S, 
A H E antennae of the Gryllus are fetaceous : the exterior wings are membrana¬ 
ceous, narrow, and much of the appearance of the wings of fome of the fly 
kind: the thorax is comprefled and angulated : and the legs are formed for leaping. 
Gryllus pedibus anticis palmatis. Sdlt S&tAt* 
The Gryllus , with the anterior feet palmaied\ CftCtfTth 
This is the largeft of all the Europaean winged Infedts: it is two inches and a 
half in length, and three quarters of an inch in diameter : it’s colour is a dufky brown, 
which is deeper in the male, and more pale in the female : there grow from the ex¬ 
tremity of the tail on each fide two hairy long bodies, refembling in fome degree the 
tail of a moufe : the body is formed of eight fquammated joints, or has fo many feparate 
folds, and is of a mixt flefh colour, and brown on the upper part, and of a dufky 
brown below: the wings are long3 they appear narrow and are acuminated, and each 
has a blackifh line running down it: thefe, when expanded, are found to be much 
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