DIALOGUE XIII. 
PALPI. GENERA OF THE ORDER COLE- 
OPTERA. BEETLES, SCARABiEUS CAR- 
NIFEX. 
MOTHER. Well, Lucy, I suppose you 
are by this time perfectly acquainted 
with the varieties of the antennae, we may 
therefore go on with the other marks or 
characters, by which the genera are 
distinguished ? 
Lucy. Yes, mamma, if you please ; I 
remember you said that these marks were 
taken from the joints of the foot, the 
shape of the thorax, and the number of 
palpi : but you did not explain what the 
palpi are. 
Mother. Palpi * are short feelers ; 
* From PalpOf to feel or touch gently. 
