and u*rttates them greally by tim pain it causes. The hmaie deposits a singk e at distant, ju tervals, w h ich in ay more properly be termed a a pupa, than an cg e, as the. perlhct insect emerges Iroffl i; w.hch is a peculiarity iiot iut.erto remarked in any of those insects we have examined.

Tue iJpp.ohosca aricularia is of a smaller size, and of a dull green colour. It in fis1a the bodies o birds, in a very. troublesome mannor. A nether species is the j)ecoliar inmate of swaflovs, swifts, and martins, and may almost always be found in their nests.

..he Shcep4ick, so frequently seen embedded: in the wool of those animals, is of this genus

its colour is a reddish brown ; and it difiirs ±ion the rest of its congeners, in having no wings. All of this genus aie remarkably te

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