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ARTICULATES, OR JOINTED ANIMALS ... 125 



INSECTS 125 



Hymenopters, or Bee, Wasps, &c. .... 129 

 Lepidopters, or Butterflies and Moths . . . .138 



Dipters, or Flies, &c 154 



Coleopters, or Beetles . 159 



Hemipters, or Bugs, Cicadas, &c 167 



Orthopters, or Straight- Winged Insects . . . .171 



Neuropters, or Net- Winged Insects 175 



Spiders, or Arachnids . 179 



Centipedes, or Myriapods 183 



CRUSTACEANS 1 83 



Ten-Footed Crustaceans, or Crabsj Lobsters, &c. . . 183 

 Fourteen-Footed Crustaceans, or Sand-Fleas, &c. . .187 



. Barnacles and Horse-shoe Crabs 187 



WORMS . . . 189 



MOLLUSKS, OR SOFT-BODIED. ANIMALS ... 190 

 CEPHALOPODS, OR ARGONAUTS, CUTTLE-FISHES, &c. . .192 



GASTEROPODS, OR SNAILS 197 



ACEPHALS, OR HEADLESS MOLLUSKS 210 



Bivalves . 210 



Tunicates 216 



Brachiopods 217 



Polyzoans . . . 217 



RADIATES, OR STAR-SHAPED ANIMALS . . . 218 



ECHINODERMS . 218 



Holothurians 218 



Sea-Urchins 219 



Star-Fishes 222 



Ophiurans 224 



Crinoids 226 



JELLY-FISHES, OR ACALEPHS 227 



Ctenophorse 229 



Discophora3 230 



Hydroids 232 



POLYPS . . . 237 



Gorgonias, &c. 240 



Sea-Anemones 243 



Madrepores, &c. . . 244 



PROTOZOANS 250 



CONCLUSION 253 



INDEX . . . .257 



APPENDIX . 263 



