
NATURAL HISTORY. re 
GENUS XII. 
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Lar antennz grow gradually larger from each ex. 
tremity to the middle, and are fituated between the 
eyes. The breaft and wing cafes, are covered. Pron. 
tuberant {pines. 
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_ HISPA ATRA——BLACK HISPA. 
: Tuas pretty, fingular infect, is of a deep polifhed™ 
black. The upper part of his body is clothed entirely 
with long and Aron? briftles, like the fhellof a chef- 
nut, or rather inthe manner of a hedgehog. The 
_eafe of the horns has even a thorn at its end, to guard > 
the infect from injury. ‘The breaf{t has a row fet 
_ traniverfely, which are forked. And theelytra, or 
wing cafes, are covered with a great number that are 
fingle. ‘he points of all are firm and piercing. This 
infect was found by Barbut, in the month of July, at 
the root of fome long grafs, ina field near Padding- 
ton. This flying hedgehog, if*we may | be allowed 
the term, is difficult to be taken. It bears its anten- 
mx erect before it, as guardians of its progrefs through 
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