THE WORD INSECT. 



Parts of an insect shewn in the African cricket ; a, the head 

 carrying the ears, /, /, with the eyes at their base ; b, c, d, the 

 corselet separated into three pieces ; the fore corselet, b, carrying 

 the fore or first pair of legs, i, i; the mid corselet, c, carrying 

 the second pair of legs, h t h, and the first pair of wings, g, g; the 

 hind corselet, d, carrying the hind legs, k, k ; and the second 

 pair of wings, /, I ; e, the abdomen. 



Caterpillars, grubs, maggots, gentles, mauks, meal- 

 worms, bloodworms, and wireworms, from being in a 

 state of infancy or youth, do not in general possess the 

 three divisions distinct, as they all do when arrived 

 at their last state of full grown or adult insects. 



With respect to other marks of distinction, it may 

 be proper to mention that insects have no bones, no 



