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A. 
5. 
ORISMOLOGY. 
Potyvop (Polypus). Having more than eight legs 
but under fifty. Ex. Glomeris. Scutigera. 
CentIpEDE (Centipes). Having more than, fifty legs 
but under two hundred. Ex. Scolopendra. 
Myriapop (Myriapus). Having two hundred legs 
or more. Ex. ulus. 
B. Situation. 
. ANTEPECTORAL (Antepectorales). ‘The forelegs, or 
arms, affixed to the Antepectus. 
MeprrecroraL (Medipectorales). The mid-legs, 
affixed to the Medzpectus. 
Postrecrorat (Postpectorales). ‘The hind-legs, af- 
fixed to the Postpectus. 
Distant (Distantes). When the pairs of legs are 
remote from each other at their base. Ex. Inter- 
mediate legs of Copris Geoffr. 
APPROXIMATE (Approximati). When they are near 
each other at the base. Ex. Posterior legs of Co- 
pris Geoftr. 
EguipisranT (Aiquidistantes). When all the three 
pair are equally distant at the base. Ex. Cassida. 
C. Duration. 
. Persistent’ (Persistentes). Legs which the insect 
has in all its states. Ex. The legs attached to the 
trunk. N.B. These are called Legs (Pedes). 
Purate XVIII. Fie. 11. a. 
- Decipuous (Deciduz). Legs which the insect has 
not in all its states. Ex. Membranous legs of Ca- 
terpillars. Puate XVIII. Fie. 11.4. N.B. These 
are called Prolegs (Propedes). 
