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THE LIFE OF AN INSECT. 



appears but as a muddy, lustreless patch, when 

 placed side by side with one of the butterfly-beauties 

 of the tropics, or even of our own green fields. 



We must not, however, allow the fascination of 

 these beautiful objects to engross our whole at- 

 tention ; and it is now time for us to state some 

 particulars connected with the legs of the imago, 

 or perfect insect. Six is the true number of legs 

 which belong to the insect in the imago state. 

 They are connected to its body at the thorax, and 



Hind Leg of a Bee. 



are formed of a series of minute tubes, provided 

 internally with muscles and nerves. They are 

 commonly divided into four parts ; a the haunch, 

 b the thigh, c the tibia, and d e the foot. 



