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butterflies' antennae ; in their setting position, their wings are remarkably closed 

 about their bodies, which appear much below the under-wings : but indeed these in- 

 sects, in every circumstance, less resemble the butterfly than any genus of the moth 

 kind that I know, either in the form or in the colour, which latter is in these so 

 very remarkable, that none of our butterflies have the like ; I mean that fine shining 

 metallic green which covers their body and upper wings ; for where greens are intro- 

 duced in the butterfly kind, I mean only those of this island, you will always find 

 it on the underside, and not a green of this shining quality. 



Their Caterpillars likewise differ in the following particulars. 



Those of the butterfly kind have all in general, that are yet known, sixteen 

 legs, and those placed in the manner following : supposing that caterpillars of all 

 kinds have twelve joints, rings, or divisions behind the head, the segments to which 

 the caterpillar's legs are attached are marked by cyphers, counting from the head 

 to the tail. 



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 segments. 

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The first six toward the head are in the form of hooks or claws; the eight which 

 are in the middle, may with more propriety be called legs, being formed of the same 

 fleshy substance as the body, and being most employed when the animal is in 

 motion ; the two last may be called holders, because with them they hold or adhere 

 very strongly to the leaves and branches, nor do they ever loose them when creeping, 

 till all the rest of the feet are fixed. 



The caterpillars of the moth kind differing greatly with regard to the number of 

 legs, I shall divide them into five different classes, viz. loopers, half loopers, quarter 

 loopers, those having no holders behind, and the common sort, which have the same 

 number with those of the butterflies ; the legs of the loopers are placed thus : 



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 segments. 



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These loopers move forward by stretching or extending themselves at full 

 length, holding fast at the same time with their hind holders, and the next which are 

 placed on the 9th segment ; they then fix fast their six claws nearest the head, and 

 loosing their holders, draw their tail-part quite close to their fore-part, so that at 

 every step or stride they form a loop, and are for that reason called loopers. The 

 legs of the second class are placed thus, 



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 segments. 

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and are called half loopers ; because in walking or creeping, they bend their bodies 

 in the form of a half loop ; or to speak more intelligibly, the legs of the 12th seg- 

 ment are never drawn up close to the legs of the front part of the body, which 

 is the case with the loopers. 



The third class have fourteen legs, which are placed as beneath, and are for 



