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thefe fe&ions ; in the other* fome have, fome 

 want, that part. 



The Geometrse are divided by him into three 

 fedtions ; the firft having angulated, the fecond 

 dentated, the other entire wings. 



His divifion of the Pyralides, taken from the 

 palpi, has been mentioned above. 



His 37»;> are likewife formed into two fee* 

 tiohs, from their wings being convoluted or ex* 

 tended. 



The caterpillars of moths are either 

 Smooth, without elevations, 



Or tuberculated, with fmall gibbofitks upon 

 their bodies, refembling knots. 



Naked, without hairs or down,l 

 Or hairy. 



They differ likewife in the number of their 

 Feet, as follows : 



The Bombyces and Noftu* have fixteen feet, 

 The Tinia have fourteen. 



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