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€afes of the wings. It is a fort of a May Bug, and of a violet-red co+ 
lour ; it is commonly feen on bufhes. : 
5- Vhe black Lepiwra with the throat, cafes of the wings, and legs 
purple; it is like the former, but twice as big. 
__ 6. The black Leptura, with the cafes of the wings and breaft yellow: 
ith. It is much of the fame fhape as the former, but lefs. 
7. The Lepiura with livid cafes of the wings, marked with four 
black fpots. It is of the greateft fort, and is found in foreils. 
8. The Leptura entirely black, is a little bigger than the former, but 
the wings are nor fo large. a 
9. The black Zeptura with teftaceous cafes of the wings, which aré 
marked with fix black fpots. It is called in the Up/al tranfactions the 
Leptura, with teftaceous cafes of the wings and black {pots; it is: all 
Over black. : c 
lo. The black, Leptura with the cafes of the wings marked with four 
brown fpots, has a black Body and wings, and is one of the largelt of 
the kind. 
ir. The black Leptura with yellow cafes of the wings, is not fo big 
as a loufe, and the feelers are almoft as long as the body, the wings are 
Yellow and black at the points. 3h 
12. ‘The black Leptura with cafes of the wings marked with tranf- 
Verfe yellow lines, and teRaceous feet. It is called by Lifler the Black 
eetle, marked with yellow lines and feet nearly of a faffron colour. 
t is found in meadows and the branches of trees, and in gardens. 
13. The black Leptura with teflaceous wings, marked with two points, 
With a crois and black freaks. : 
14. The gilded Lepiura with black feelers, and the hinder. thighs 
detnated. It is called by Fry/ch the I'ree-beetle, of a purplith golden 
Colour, and jt is found in moilt places. 
15. The Lepiwra of a violet copper-colour, with the hinder thighs 
dentatéd. It is found upon the banks of rivers, and in places where 
there is much fand and gravel. 
Phe violet-black Dung-beetle, called by Ray, the Greater Beetle, 
With an oblong body, o: a purplith black colour, It has a {mall head, 
and large prominent eyes, with pretty long, and very flender feelers : 
the general colour is black, only the edges of the breaft and wings 
are of a deep beautiful glofly purple: the cafes of the wings have 
Deither dots nor lines, but they have a fort of wrinkles, which run 
- f0ngwavs, and others that crofs them, which are not very vilible. It 
18 common on dung-hills, and among rotten vegetables. 
The purplith black Dunghill-beetle, called by Ray the Unicorn. Beetle, 
fheckled with purple, is of the large kind, and the body is of an oblong 
thape, and pretty thick: the general colour-is blackifh, with a ftrong 
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and very fine tinge of gloffy purple : the cafes of the wings are marked | 
With three lines, each of which is formed by a 10w of longitudinal, 
hollow, round fpots, and there are about twelve on each row: the 
‘es between them are hollowed. It is found in the fame places as 
te former. ; 
Phe black Dung-beetle with reddifh Jegs, is a fmall fpecies, being nat 
Much bigger than a common fly: the colour otf the body is black, 
nd the brea is broad and fhort: the cafes of the wings are {treaked 
Fach with eight lincs, and the legs are of a reddifh brown, as are allo. 
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