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3. The Maniferce, diflinguifhed by their 



feet, which are not made for 

 leaping. 



4. The Ranatrce, which differ from the 



laft fection in their hindmoft feet, 

 which are faltatorii, or made for 

 leaping. 



5. The Deflexa, whofe wings are wrapped 



round the fides of the body. 



Geoffroy obferves, that the antennae of the 

 Cicada are ihorter than their head, and that the 

 under wings are crofled one over the other. 



Scopoli has divided the Cicadas into different 

 fections, from the fubftance of their elytra ^ the 

 firfl: having thofe parts wholly coriaceous ; in the 

 fecond, they are coriaceous only half their length j 

 in the third, they are membranaceous. 



The pupae, or chryfalids, of many Cicadas, 

 differ from the perfect infect only in the fhort- 

 nefs of their elytra and wings ; they run and 



leap upon plants and flowers with great agility. 

 The larvae of the Ranatra difcharge a kind of 

 froth from the anus and pores of the body, 

 under which they conceal themfelves from the 



rapacity 



