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brush off the pollen from the stamens of flowers ; and in 

 other species the anterior legs are broad and spined, thus 

 being calculated for digging in the earth. When the upper 

 part of the leg is slender and cylindrical, the motion is 

 generally confined to walking ; when thick and apparently 

 swelled, the insect is usually capable of swimming or leaping, 

 as this peculiarity indicates greater muscular power. The 

 muscles in most insects are very numerous, and of course 

 exceedingly minute ; in the Caterpillar of one species, 

 Lyonnet counted more than four thousand, while those of 

 the human body do not exceed five hundred and twenty - 

 nine ; from this cause many Caterpillars can suspend them- 

 selves in a horizontal posture for some hours ; most persons 

 have noticed one curious species which has the appearance 

 of a dried twig, both in colour and in the perfect rigidity of 

 the attitude it assumes. 



These are the principal terms necessarily used in the 

 description of insects ; others more technical may be dis- 

 pensed with till the student is further advanced in the 

 science. The next month may be occupied in studying 

 the modern classification, adopted with some modifications 

 by Leach, Latreille, Kirby, Curtis, Westwood, and other 

 modern Entomology. 



