The Hiflory ^/ANIMALS, 
Chernies ahietis . 
The Chernies of the fir. 
%tie tfiv-tw Mug. 
This is a fmall fpecies } it is of an oblong figure, and whitifh coiotir: the head Is 
fmall, the eyes are moderately large and prominent; their colour brown, with a fmall 
fpeck of black between them j the antenna are fetaceous, and very minute, and there 
is a quantity of a woolly matter growing at the tail : the wings in the flying Hate are 
four; they are thin and whitifh. 
It is common on the fir and pine-kinds, and fometirnes on the yew and other trees: 
on the trunks, and fometirnes at the extremities of the branches, of thefe, there are 
found protuberances refembling ftrawberries in figure, and covered with a kind of 
fquammulte or fcales; under and between thefe there are found many of thefe little 
Infe&s, and ufually near their bafe the parent animal confiderably larger : the whole pro^ 
tuberance refembles a green firawberry, and is furrounded with leaves at it’s bafe* 
Chernies graminis . 
The Chernies of grafs. 
’Xije grate Mug. 
This is a moderately large fpecies: it’s body is fomewhat deprefied and broad, and 
it’s head very obtufe: this and the thorax are grey, and are variegated with feveral 
white lines; the antennas are white, except at the tips, where they are blackifh *, the 
wings are four j they are not cruciated, as in the cicadas, a fpecies of which genus this 
Tnfed might at firft fight be very naturally taken for, but are deflex as in the phalenas j 
the body is blackifh, but the fegments white at their edges; the legs are whitifh, and 
the wings tranfparent, but ornamented with a number of brown lines, which make 
various anaflomofes with one another. 
It is found on the ftalks of grafs in our meadows in June, and is frequent about 
Hampftead. j 
The other fpecies of the Chermes are, i. The Chermes of the elm, inhabiting it’s 
curled leaves. 2. The Chermes of the ceraflium, living in it’s monflrous heads* 
3. The Chermes of the maple. 4. The Chermes of the birch. 5. The Chermes of 
the pine, living on it’s unaltered branches. 6. The Chermes of the willow. 7 The 
Chermes of the nettle. 8. The Chermes of the afh. 9. The Chermes of the pop¬ 
lar. 10. The Chermes of the apple-tree. n. The Chermes of the chamasdrys. 
Whatever others may hereafter be defcribed, may be all named diflindively in this 
manner, from the trees and plants they are found on. 
APHIS. 
T H E trunk of the Aphis is reflex: the body is formed into two horns behind ; 
the wings are four and ered, or they are wanting; the legs are formed for 
walking not leaping. 
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A.i)his rihis . _ 
The Aphis of the currant . Cttttitflt 2L0ttft> 
This is about the fize of the common loufe, and is of a brownifh greeh colour, 1 
and generally lies flat on the leaves or branches} the legs are green, and the joints of 
the knees ufually (land up above the body, and are brown : the antenna? are longer 
than the body } they are flender, ftraight, black, and have a joint at which they are 
bent near the head: the hinder part of the thorax is blackifh, and there are three 
tranfverfe and nearly contiguous lines on the hips: the fides of the body are variegated 
with fome fmall black fpots: the wings are placed ered 5 they are comprefled and 
whitifh, but have fome black veins in them : two of them are very fmall: the anus 
is prominent, and has two fetaceous appendages fhorter than the wings. 
It is very common on our currant-bufhes, living ufually on the under fide of tbe 
leaves. 
