HISTORY 



OF 



INSECTS. 



PART II. 



INSECTS OF THE SECOND ORDER. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF THE SECOND ORDER OF INSECTS IN GENERAL. 



IN the former part we gave a concise history of 

 the most considerable insects that, without wings, 

 were produced in a perfect state ; either from the 

 body of the parent alive, like quadrupeds, or from 

 the egg, in the manner of birds. We come now 

 to a second order of insects, that are produced 

 from the egg, like the former, but not in a per- 

 fect state ; for when first excluded they are with- 

 out wings. This, however, does not hinder the 

 exercise of their animal functions : the insect, al- 

 though not yet come to perfection, walks, leaps, 

 and eats ; nor is it ever deprived of motion, only 

 that it rests a little when it is about to cast that 



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