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ARTICULATES, OR JOINTED ANIMALS . . . 125 



INSECTS .125 



Hymenopters, or Bees, Wasps, &c. . . . . 129 

 Lepidopters, or Butterflies and Moths . . *. .138 



Dipters, or Flies, &c 154 



Coleopters, or. Beetles 159 



Hemipters, or Bugs, Cicadas, &e 167 



Orthopters, or Straight-Winged Insects . . . .171 



Neuropters, or Net- Winged Insects 175 



Spiders, or Arachnids 179 



Centipedes, or Myriapods 183 



CRUSTACEANS . . . . , 183 



Ten-Footed Crustaceans, or Crabs, Lobsters, &c. . . 183 

 Fourteen-Footed Crustaceans, or Sand-Fleas, &c. . .187 



Barnacles and Horse-shoe Crabs 187 



WORMS 189 



MOLLUSKS, OR SOFT-BODIED ANIMALS ... 190 

 CEPHALOPODS, OR ARGONAUTS, CUTTLE-FISH i-;s, &c. . .192 



GASTEROPODS, OR SNAILS 197 



ACEPHALS, OR HEADLESS MOLLUSKS 210 



Bivalves 210 



Tunicates 216 



Brachiopods 217 



Polyzoans 217 



RADIATES, OR STAR-SHAPED ANIMALS . . . 218 



ECHINODERMS 218 



Holothurians 218 



Sea-Urchins 219 



Star-Fishes 222 



Ophiurans 224 



Crinoids 226 



JELLY-FISHES, OR ACALEPHS 227 



Ctenophorag 229 



Discophorai . . . . . . . . . 230 



Hydroids 232 



POLYPS .237 



Gorgonias, &c. - . 240 



Sea- Anemones 243 



Madrepores, &c 244 



PROTOZOANS 250 



CONCLUSION . 253 



INDEX 257 



