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CLASS?. 
gined. Head porre&ed or flretched forwards. Ely¬ 
tra rather Riff. S ome want wings. 
27. MELOE, BLOSSOM-EATER. 
Antennae globular ; the lafl globule oval. Thorax 
roundifh. Shells foft. Head gibbous and bent 
downwards. Many want wings. 
28. MORDELLA, NIBBLER. 
Antennae filiform, ferrated, joints triangular. Head 
bent downwards. Palpi comprefied, clubbed, and 
obliquely truncated. Elytra curved downwards to¬ 
wards their point. 
29. STAPHILINUS, ROVE-BEETLE. 
Antennae globular. 
Elytra not above half the length of the abdomen. 
Wings folded up and concealed. Tail defenceless ; 
but has 2 veficles which can be fhot out at plea- 
fure. 
30,. FORFICULA, EAR-WIG. 
Antennae tapering. 
Elytra much fhorter than the Abdomen. Wings 
folded and covered. 
* . a • s 
■' ■ ' 
II. Order— HEMIPTE R A . 
■, r ' r TJ r ■ 
Shells, or upper wings femi-cruflaceous ; not di¬ 
vided by a flraight future ; but incumbent on each 
other. 
Beak curved downwards. 
* GENERA. 
1. GENUS.—BLATTA, COCK-ROACH. 
Antennae taper. 
Thorax orbicular, margined. 
2. MANTIS, SOOTH-SAYER. 
Head unfteady, appears to be flightly attached tc 
the thorax. 
Antennae fctaceous. 
3. GRYLLUS, CRICKET. 
Antennae in lome taper* others filiform. Plead. 
inflected* 
