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fore-part of the head ; they are pecu- 

 liar to infecls, and are plainly diftin- 

 guifhable from the tentaculae of the 

 vermes in being cruftaceous ; and from 

 the palpi of infefts, which are more 

 mimerous, placed near the mouth, and 

 are fometimes wanting. As the anten- 

 n<e are of great moment in diftinguiih- 

 ing the various kinds of infeds, we 

 fhall enumerate and explain the feveral 

 difFerent forms of them. 



Setacea', are thofe which grow gra- 

 dually taper towards the extremity, as 

 in plate i. fig. 6. 



Filiformes, fuch as are of the famc 

 thicknefs throughout. 



Moniliformes, are filiform, like the 

 preceding, but coniift of a feries of 

 round knobs, like a necklace of beads, 



as in plate i. fig. 5. 



Qavati?, 



