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GENUS XVI. 
CERAMBYX MOSCHATUS.——NUTMEG 
CERAMBYX. 
Tae body of this'infeét is entirely green, tinged 
with blue and gold colour, which renders it moft de- 
lightfully refplendent. It is fometimes found com- 
pofed entirely of blue and gold. The elytra are long, 
oft and flexible, and finely fhagreened. This beau< 
niful creature is found wpon the willow, which it per- 
fumes with an odour like that of a rofe, fo as to {cent 
a whole meadow.—Ihus, we perceive, that nature 
beftows on this infect the moft grateful odour, to fup- 
ply the want of thofe delightful {cents of which mead- 
ows are deprived bythe field flowers being fhorn by 
the fcythe of the mower; for it 1s obferved, this» 
charming cerambyx is produced in its perfect ftate 
about the general time of making hay. .What care 
does providence take to accommodate man with a 
never ceafing variety of delights, adapted to charm 
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Tyee aritentie are fetaceous or briftly; the ely- 
tra_diminifh in breadth towards the extremity ; and 
the thorax is round and flender. 2) 
