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PLA TH XXX. 
FTG. I, 
CURCULIO BACHUS. 
CoLgorTera. 
Wings two, covered by two fhells, divided by a longitudinal future. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz clavated, elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the Snout, 
which is prominent and horny. Joints four to each foot. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Shells, and Thorax purple with gold fhades; fnout long, black. 
Linn, Sy ft. Nat. 2. 611. 38. Sckaff: Icon. Tab. 37. Fig. 13. Geoff: 
Inf. 1. 270.4. Sul. Hift, Inf. Tab, 4. Fig. 4. 
Our figure reprefents the Curculio Bachus, as it appears before the 
Speculum of an Opake Microfcope with a lens magnifying times. 
It is with this, as with many other fpecies of infe€ts, and particu- 
larly thofe of the Coleopterous Order, that unlefs they are in fome 
meafure magnified, much of their beauty will remain hidden, and 
much of their ftru@ure be enveloped in ob{curity. It is not perfectly 
agreeable to our plan, and may admit of fome blame from our fub=— 
{cribers; but when objects fo diminutive in fize, and fo complex in co- 
lour, offer to our attention, and it is not poflible to reprefent them in 
their natural appearance, or in a manner fatisfactory to ourfelves, we 
muft have recourfe to the Microfcope for affiftance. We confider 
the confidence at prefent repofed in our accuracy, and attention, to 
the natural fubjects, evident from the general patronage beftowed on 
our attempt ; it is a fpur to our exertions, and we will endeavour, as 
“well by our future, as prefent correctnefs, to deferve a continuation of 
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