142 On the Caterpillar which 



not at one period, reptiles, and at another winged ani- 

 mals, can be Caterpillars. 



In the Dictionnaire des Sciences, you will find the se- 

 cond question answered. " Fausses chenilles. On a 

 donne- ce nom a tous les insectes qui ressemblent aux che- 

 nilles, mais qui ont les jambes plus nombreuses, ou si- 

 tuees ou conformees differemment; il vient des movches 

 au lieu de papillons de toutes les fausses chenilles, il n'y 

 a point de crochets dans leur jambes membraneuses, ce 

 qui peut les faire distinguer des vraies chenilles, inde- 

 pendamment du nombre des jambes." 



" The term spurious Caterpillar, has been applied to all 

 insects that resemble the real Caterpillar, but have a 

 greater number of legs, or their legs differently situated, 

 or differently formed. Flies, in the place of butterflies, 

 proceed from all those false Caterpillars. They have no 

 hooks in their membranous legs, and this circumstance, 

 independently of the number of legs, is sufficient to dis- 

 tinguish them from the true Caterpillar. i, i 



The division of the French Academicians into the 

 true and false, is admitted by the highest and most res- 

 pectable English authority, the Encyclopedia Britannica, 

 as good, and founded in fact and in observation. Few 

 men have had greater opportunities of inquiring into this 

 and every other point of science, than the authors of this 

 great work ; and icw would more reluctantly gild an 

 imposition with the gold of their name. Their words 

 are, "but are liable [speaking of the Caterpillar] tobecon- 

 founded with a sort of animals, called by M. Reaumur 



