An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 / or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects

by William Kirby; William Spence

[286] ubi supr.

[287] Reaum. v. 672.

[288] Huber, i. 313.

[289] Fabr. Vorlesungen, 321.

[290] Cimic. Helvet. t. iii. f. 3.

[291] Hist. of Chili, i. 172.

[292] Since the first edition of this volume was printed, a lady from the West Indies looking at my cabinet, upon being shown this insect, exclaimed "Oh, that is The Devil's Horse!"

[293] Brahm Insekten Kalender, ii. 383.

[294] Hence we have Locusta citrifolia, laurifolia, camellifolia, myrtifolia, salvifolia, &c. which, I believe, all belong to a genus I have named Pterophylla.

[295] Voyage, &c. ii. 16.