2 CHARACTERS, &c. 



which feem to be endued with an exqui- 

 fite fenfe of feeling. 



The body of thefe animals is compofed 

 of a head, a trunk, an abdomen, and 

 limbs. 



The head is for the mod part diftincft 

 from the trunk, being attached to that part 

 by a kind of articulation or joint. It is 

 furnifhed with eyes, antennce, and, in gene- 

 ral, with a mouth, but wants brains, noJirils 9 

 and ears, 



The eyes are moftly two in number, 

 without eye/ids. They are either iimple 

 or compound, confifting of one or more 

 lenfes, and are the organs of vifion in thefe 

 as well as other animals. 



Mod infeds have two antenna?, which 

 are compofed of an indefinite number of 

 articulations ; their uie is as yet wholly un- 

 known. They vary much in form, and 

 are either 



Setae eons y 



