samouelle's 



that the mind must ask for what purpose its singular 

 legs are constructed — certainly not for leaping, for 

 they are the reverse of such insects as are capable 

 of this action, may they not possibly assist the an- 

 imal in accelerating the expansion of the uings, in 

 its sudden and rapid flight ? The metamorphosis, 

 and the larvae have not yet been described. 



