The Hiftory of ANIMALS, 
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T H R I P S. 
T H E roftrum or fnout of the Thrips is obfcure ; the body is of a linear figure ; 
the wings are four $ they are incumbent on the back, and are ftraight. 
Thrips elytris glaucis cor pore atro . 
The Thrips , with bluifh wings , and a black body . 
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This is an extreamly fmall Infeft, not nearly equal to a flea in fize: it’s wings are 
four, and thofe very fmall and delicate j it’s legs are fix, two fituated at the neck, and 
four on the thorax : the antennas are very (lender, black, and compofed of fix articula¬ 
tions : the exterior wings are of a greyifh colour, very narrow, and hairy at the extre¬ 
mities, and at the edges: it runs very fwiftly, and frequently twifts it’s body into a va¬ 
riety of fhapes, but it very rarely flies. 
It is frequent in the flowers of the dandelion, and others of that kind. 
Thrips corpore atro, elytris albis nigrifque fafciis variegatis. 
The black-bodied Thrips , with the exterior wings variegated , with black 
and white fafcice. 
This fpecies is about the fize of a loufe : it’s body is oblong and (lender; it’s exterior 
wings are very beautifully variegated, with alternate tranfverfe ftreaks of black and 
white, three of each colour. 
It is found very often in the flowers of the larger hawk-weeds, and fome other 
plants of that clafs: it runs very fwiftly, but does not fly, unlefs hunted very much, 
Thrips elytris albis , corpore fufco . 
The Thrips , with a brown body 5 and fnow-white wings . 
This is a very beautiful fpecies: it is of the fize of the former, and appears of a mixt 
black and white colour 5 but, when nearly examined, it is found to be of a coal-black 
on the body, and the exterior wings being of a fnow-white, and not perfectly cover¬ 
ing the body, give this appearance: the legs are fhort 5 the antennse are very (lender, 
and compofed of five joints. 
It is found on the Bermudas Cedars, as they are called, properly the American 
Junipers in our gardens,, but is not common. 
TETRAPTERA. 
InfeSls having four wings . 
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Clafs the Third. 
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NEUROPTERA. 
Thofe which have membranaceous wings , with nerves and veins difpofed 
in a reticulated form in them ; 
P A N O R P A. 
T HE roftrum, or trunk, of the Panorpa is of a cylindric figure, and horny 
ftrudture ; and there is a weapon of the cheliform kind at the tail. 
Of this fingular genus there is but one known fpecies. 
Panorpa* 
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