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CHAPTER IX. 
THE SATYR. 
Amymone satyra.— Miiller. 
If acontemplation of a variety of forms in the 
animal creation will produce pleasure, and ex- 
cite our admiration of the boundless powers of 
their Creator, there is no class of beings so 
various in their external or internal forms and 
structure as those whose details are developed 
by the aid of the microscope. Larger animals 
in general possess the same number of mem- 
bers, varied only in proportion and situation, 
while the minute ones not only possess these 
variations in every possible degree, but the 
number of their members and their organization 
are varied in a thousand different ways. 
The subject of this chapter illustrates the 
general characters of the untvalve Entomos- 
tracea, of which there are several species. Its 
curious form, and the disposition of its mem- 
