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CHAPTER VIII. 



Section I. 



Order VII. — Apterous Infecis, 



A MULTIFARIOUS group of animals are comprehended 

 under this order, which are all chara^leriled by the pri- 

 vation of wings in both fexes. All the varieties of crabs 

 and lobflers are introduced by Linnaeus into this clafs of 

 the animal kingdom ; and that with great propriety, be- 

 caufe they poflefs the antennae, thofe organs which are 

 peculiarly characleriftic of the infed tribcSi 



