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COLEOPTERA. 
and by that means contribute to cure plants, -which 
thofe infefls infefl, of the loufy difeafe. 
GENUS ii.—CHRYSOMELA. 
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The larvae of the Chryfomelae confume the pulp of 
leaves* rejefling the fibres. This genus contains a 
great variety of beautiful infefls. They are to be 
found in woods, gardens, Sc c. are flow in motion, and 
fome emit an oily liquor of a difagreeable fmell, fome 
of them leap. 
GENUS 12.—HISPA. 
The larva feems to be yet unknown. There are 
but two fpecies of the perfefl infefl found in Eu¬ 
rope, and they are to be met with at the roots, or on 
the blades of different kinds of grafs. 
Hispa Atra, 
Port-e'pine noir refembles a hedgehog in miniature : 
it is hard to catch, letting itfelf fall on the ground as 
foon as approached; it bears its antennae upright be¬ 
fore it. 
' GENUS 13.—BRUCHUS. 
Bruchus pifi is found upon pea bloflbms. The 
thighs of the infefl have each an appendage in form 
of a tooth or fpire. . 
. GENUS 14.—CURCULIO. 
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The larvae of the. Curculiones differ not from 
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