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SYSTEM OF NATURE. 
Glirina, equivalent to the Glires of Linneus, including Lepus, 
Sciurus, Mus, Hystrix, &c. Character eminently saltant; fore-feet 
often used to hold food, hut, in such instances, assuming the office with¬ 
out the structure of hands; almost entirely phytophagous, mostly car¬ 
pophagous. 
Vespertilionjna, equivalent to the genus Vespertilio of Linneus, 
or the Cheiroptera of Cuvier. Character eminently volitant; fore-feet 
used for supporting, distending and moving a membranous wing; ento- 
mopliagous, carpophagous, and said, in some instances, to suck the 
blood of men and animals. 
Ferina, equivalent to the Ferae of Linneus, the Carnivora of other 
authors, including Canis, Felis, Viverra, Mustela, Ursus, Talpa, &c. 
Character rapacious, savage; mostly sarcophagous, a few entomophagous. 
Cetina, equivalent to the Cete of Linneus, including Balaena, Del- 
phis, Monodon, Manatus, Halicore, Tricliecus, &c. Character natant, 
aquatic; possess no uniform character as to food. 
Belluina, equivalent to the Belluae and Pecora of Linneus, inclu¬ 
ding Elephas, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Sus, Camelus, Equus, Bos, 
&c. Character pachydermatous, ambulant, phyllophagous. 
Brutina, equivalent to the Bruta of Linneus, including Glyptodon, 
Dasypus, Chlamyphorus, Manis, Myrmecophaga, Orycteropus, &c. 
Character repent, form elongate ; entomophagous or phytophagous. 
The divisions of Coleoptera, as proposed by myself in the ‘Entomo¬ 
logical Magazine ’ about ten years ago, and since republished in the 
‘ Grammar of Entomology,’ and still more recently in ‘ The Entomolo¬ 
gist,’ may be given as under: it should, however, be observed that the 
nomenclature is by no means satisfactory: other names are proposed in 
‘ The Entomologist,’ but I prefer using the original ones on the present 
occasion. 
Scar a basina, equivalent to the Lamellicorns of recent authors, or 
the genus Scarabaeus of early writers, including also Lucanus and Pas- 
salus, Aphodius and Trox, and apparently Byrrhus and Hister; con¬ 
cerning the last-named genera a doubt may be admitted. The normal 
groups of these beetles are very decidedly phytophagous, and it is only 
in the abnormal forms—for such I must consider Ateuclius, Copris, Pha- 
nasus — that we find them coprophagous. Their distinguishing charac¬ 
teristic is large size, slow gait, and inoffensive disposition; many of 
